Structured finance/securitization/CMBS attorneys - what would you give as a writing sample for a job application?

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Just tell them some stories from the battlefield. You know, about driving SPVehicle through the tranches.

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Talk about the 3 Rs - REMICs, Risk Retention and Real Estate, haha however, if you wrote a blog entry or collaborated with a colleague on an article, that’s fair game.

Upload a 200doc closing set from a multi billion $ ABS, claim you handled it by yourself

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Did you write any memos?
The indenture may be too dry….

Send them a public offering circular

Jk, you should ask them

How about redacted main transaction document?

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