Elliot Ganz

Head of Advocacy
(212) 880-3003

Working closely with the LSTA policy team, Elliot focuses on political advocacy and litigation management. He serves as executive director of the LSTA’s grassroots advocacy affiliate, The Business Loans Coalition, and the LSTA PAC. Before taking the lead on LSTA’s advocacy efforts, Elliot was the Association’s general counsel and co-head of policy. Over his years with LSTA, he has supervised the filing of two successful lawsuits against U.S. regulators and more than 25 amicus briefs on important loan- and bankruptcy-related cases, including six briefs supporting successful appeals to the Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining the LSTA in 2005, Elliot worked for 22 years in senior legal positions at four major U.S. and international banks, and before that, as an associate at a Wall Street law firm.

Elliot is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Queens College, City University of New York. He is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, and served on a committee of the ABI’s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11.

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Committee and working group involvement

California License Working Group

Advocating for change to the CA Finance Law, which requires lending licenses for nonbanks
Role: Project Manager

Custody Working Group

Engaging with the SEC on applying the Custody Rule to loan assets
Role: Project Manager

Government Relations Committee

Managing LSTA’s advocacy initiatives
Role: Committee Chair

Litigation Committee

Vetting proposals for, and review of, amicus briefs
Role: Committee Chair

Recent publications

This session outlined the three pillars of the LSTA’s federal advocacy work—legislative, regulatory, and judicial.
This replay highlights a session outlining the three pillars of the LSTA’s federal advocacy work—legislative, regulatory, and judicial.
The comment letter supports exempting mid‑ to large‑sized commercial property borrowers from FDPA mandatory purchase requirements.
LSTA submitted a comment letter supporting the SEC’s proposal to codify that Rule 15c2‑11 does not apply to fixed income instruments, including loans.
LSTA, joined by four trades associations, filed an amicus brief supporting dismissal of antitrust claims related to creditor “Cooperation Agreements.”
Attached is the coalition letter in support of the FSOC Improvement Act.
A series of momentous political and judicial developments in 2024 have dramatically shifted the ground for the legislative, regulatory and judicial treatment of U.S. financial markets, including the syndicated loan and private corporate credit (PCC) markets.
Two recent settlements demonstrate the SEC’s focus on whether RIAs have established, maintained and enforced policies and procedures regarding the use of MNPI.
The LSTA joined with the @Creditor Rights Coalition to successfully push back against a proposed and misguided “champerty” law that would have had negative implications for distressed credit trading markets (and beyond).
The Supreme Court denied Kirschner's petition for certiorari, finally ending the case. As LSTA's Elliot Ganz explains, this cements that syndicated loans are not securities, an immense victory for the loan market.

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