Ben White
Senior Counsel, Senior AVP | Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Legal Division | Markets | Wells Fargo
- Role
- Senior Counsel, Senior AVP at Wells Fargo
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ben White
Senior Counsel, Senior AVP | Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB)| Markets | Par and Distressed Credit Trading | Risk Mitigation.Senior Counsel in Wells Fargo’s Corporate & Investment Banking Legal Division, supporting the Credit Trading platform on complex credit market activity across the capital structure.I partner with trading, structuring, and risk leadership to enable disciplined growth in secondary loan and distressed credit markets. My practice sits at the intersection of restructuring dynamics, market structure, and bank regulatory constraints — translating legal complexity into commercially executable strategy.Strategic Areas of Engagement:• Credit Markets Advisory – Legal support for secondary loan trading, distressed debt transactions, and restructuring-driven market activity, including LSTA-based trades, liability management exercises, DIP and exit financings, and creditor group arrangements.• Derivatives & Risk Transfer Structures – Counsel on CDS, total return swaps, credit-linked notes, and related ISDA frameworks, with focus on risk allocation, enforceability, and close-out mechanics.• Restructuring & Special Situations Insight – Advise on trading considerations arising from Chapter 11 processes, out-of-court restructurings, debt exchanges, and claims transactions.• Regulatory & Governance Oversight – Guide business leaders on Volcker Rule implications, securities law considerations, Sections 23A/23B, and internal governance standards applicable to complex credit activity.• Enterprise Risk Perspective – Leverage prior experience leading high-value commercial restructurings and litigation to assess downside scenarios, intercreditor dynamics, and recovery outcomes.I am committed to mentorship, pro bono service, leadership development initiatives within the Wells Fargo Legal Department, and I actively contribute to knowledge-sharing and strategic projects that strengthen the Legal function’s partnership with the business.
Experience
Senior Counsel, Senior AVP
Mar 2026 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Corporate & Investment Banking Legal | Markets
Education
Michigan State University College of Law
Juris Doctor, Law
2005 — 2008
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