Colleen H. McDonald joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s Finance and Bankruptcy practice group, based in its San Francisco office. McDonald joins from Reed Smith.

“Colleen is a seasoned securitization lawyer with a robust transactional finance practice. Her substantial knowledge and experience makes her a significant addition for the firm and our clients, especially given our strong banking and mortgage finance practice,” said Guy N. Halgren, chairman of Sheppard Mullin.

“I am excited to join Sheppard Mullin, a prestige firm with a storied finance practice. In addition to the strength of the firm’s banking group and financial services team, I was attracted by firm management’s commitment to support and grow a securitization expertise and further expand its national mortgage finance team. I have also been impressed by Sheppard Mullin’s collaborative culture and entrepreneurial spirit, which add to the firm’s outstanding platform as the place to continue to build my practice,” McDonald commented.

McDonald’s practice focuses on securitization, structured finance, commercial finance transactions and complex financial products. She has represented underwriters and issuers in public offerings, private placements, asset-backed commercial paper programs and medium-term note programs. In addition, she has advised a variety of investment banks, private equity funds and hedge funds in utilizing securitization in a number of financing transactions including acquisition financings.

In the structured finance area, McDonald has represented both commercial lenders and corporate borrowers in a variety of secured lending transactions, including loans secured by pools of mortgage loans and REO properties. Her experience includes asset-based lending arrangements such as charged-off receivables, copyrights, patents and royalties, film financings, and future-flow transactions. McDonald also advises on collateral dispositions, including stock dispositions.

Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with 770 attorneys in 15 offices located in the U.S., Europe and Asia.