Brian Olasov

Brian Olasov has more than three decades of strategic business and capital market experience and also an extensive background on real estate capital markets, troubled mortgage loans and banking challenges. He works closely with Carlton Fields clients and attorneys providing financial due diligence on distressed mortgage loans, portfolios and institutions including credit restructuring, valuation, bulk sales and securitization. He provides analytical litigation support to the firm by developing damage estimates and financial implications of legal theories. Brian also provides expert witness testimony to other law firms in disputes involving residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBS), mortgage loan servicing and mortgage loan origination. Brian has testified before the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) on MBS and banks’ impact on real estate markets.

He serves or has served on a variety of boards and committees including board of governors, executive committee, audit committee member and chair of the Policy Committee of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC); board of governors of Commercial Mortgage Securitization Association (CMSA), co-chair of CMSA International Committee and CMSA European Chapter founder; vice chairman of the Real Estate Capital Resources Association Mortgage Securitization Committee; editorial board member of Commercial Real Estate Finance World; and board member of the Trigild Advisory Council. He is also an active participant in the Mortgage Bankers Association, Georgia Bankers Association and Yale Alumni Schools Committee.