B.S., Vanderbilt University, 1998, cum laude
Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris, 2001, Cornell Institute for Comparative Law
J.D., University of Richmond, 2003, cum laude; Manuscripts Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 2002-03; Order of the Barristers

Noelle Hicks Sproul

Associate

100 North Tryon Street
Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC
28202-4003

Noelle Sproul focuses her practice on structured finance, including both securitization and leasing transactions and financial services.

Ms. Sproul represents issuers, placement agents, commercial paper conduits, liquidity providers, hedge counterparties and trustees in securitization and other structured finance transactions.

She has experience with transactions involving equipment leases, trade receivables, tobacco fee settlements, chassis leases, container leases and commercial and residential mortgage loans.

She works on both public and private transactions, including commercial paper conduit facilities.

Ms. Sproul's leasing work includes leveraged leasing transactions for aircraft, rolling stock and chassis.

Ms. Sproul’s practice also focuses on the representation of institutional lenders in repurchase transactions.

Participated in the 2002 Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition, where she was awarded the Maritime Law Association Award for Best Brief
Wrote an article based on that brief, which was published in the University of San Francisco Journal of Maritime Law
Wrote article “Facilitating International Trade: The U.S. Need Federal Legislation Governing the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments,” published at 28 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 156 (2002), which won the 2002 Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition and the 2002 Virginia State Bar International Section Writing Competition
Recently published a brief article, “Securitization Could Aid Lottery Winners, Sponsors,” in the November 11, 2005 edition of the Charlotte Business Journal