Winners were announced and awarded 'Oscar-Style' at the dinner and ceremony, which hosted over 150 leaders and luminaries from every facet of the securitization industry. Among them were C. Thomas Kunz, Retired Head of Structured Finance at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, who accepted a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the industry, and Jason H.P Kravitt, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, who delivered an inspired, and an appropriately introspective, keynote address on the industry.

This year's event also celebrated the 10 Rising Stars of Securitization, 10 up-and-coming, talented young professionals nominated by their managers, mentors and peers, and selected by the business editors of Institutional Investor News as future leaders of the securitization industry. Click here to see this year's Stars!

AWARD CATEGORIES & WINNERS:
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient C. Thomas Kunz Retired Head of Structured Finance Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
ABS Deal of the Year IHOP Corp./ Applebee's International Securitization Underwriter: Lehman Brothers CMBS Deal of the Year Equity Office Properties Securitization Financing Underwriters: Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America CDO Deal of the Year Genesis CLO 2007-1 and Genesis CLO 2007-2 Genesis 2007-1: CDO manager: Ore Hill Partners Underwriter: Deutsche Bank Genesis 2007-2: CDO manager: Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Underwriter: Deutsche Bank ABS Firm of the Year Goldman Sachs	CDO Firm of the Year Goldman Sachs CMBS Firm of the Year Morgan Stanley CDO Manager of the Year BlackRock Law Firm of the Year Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Trustee of the Year The Bank of New York Mellon Investor of the Year John Paulson, Paulson & Co. Research Team of the Year JPMorgan Outstanding Contribution Award The American Securitization Forum/ Dept. of the Treasury

For information on attending or sponsoring the awards dinner, please contact Tracey Redmond, Awards Director, at 212-224-3239, tredmond@iievents.com.