EXHIBIT 8.1
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May 11, 2021
WF Card Funding, LLC
550 S. Tryon Street, Floor 10
D1086-103
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Re: | WF Card Issuance Trust |
WF Card Funding, LLC (Depositor)
Registration Statement on Form SF-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for WF Card Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form SF-3 and Amendment No. 1 thereto (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), filed on December 21, 2020 and May 11, 2021, respectively, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), for the registration under the Act of the offering of series (each, a “Series”) of notes (collectively, the “Notes”), each such Series of Notes representing obligations WF Card Issuance Trust (the “Trust”). Each Series of Notes is comprised of a number of classes of Notes (each, a “Class”). Each Class of Notes is comprised of a number of tranches of Notes (each, a “Tranche”). Each Series of Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Master Indenture”), as supplemented by an indenture supplement relating to such Series (each, an “Indenture Supplement” and, in each such case, together with the Master Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Trust, as Issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Paying Agent and Note Registrar, and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee.
SCOPEOF REVIEW; ASSUMPTIONS
Our opinion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, administrative rulings, judicial decisions, Treasury regulations and other applicable authorities, all as in effect and available on the date hereof. The statutory provisions, regulations and interpretations on which our opinion is based are subject to change, possibly retroactively. As more fully described in the prospectus relating to the Notes forming a part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”) under the heading “Federal Income Tax Consequences,” and the immediately succeeding paragraph, there can be no assurance that contrary positions will not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service.
In formulating our opinions, we have reviewed (i) the Prospectus, (ii) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of WF Card Funding, LLC and the Trust Agreement of the Trust, each of which is included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (iii) the Indenture, the Transfer Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, forms of which are included as exhibits to the Registration Statement, and (iv) other documents provided to us that we have deemed necessary or appropriate to review as a basis for this opinion. Additionally, this opinion letter is based on the facts and circumstances set forth in the Prospectus and in the other documents reviewed by us. Our opinion as to the matters set forth herein could change with respect to a particular Series, Class or Tranche of Notes as a result of changes in facts and circumstances, changes in the terms of the documents reviewed by us or changes in the law subsequent to the date hereof. Because the Prospectus contemplates Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes with numerous different characteristics, the particular characteristics of each Series, Class or Tranche of Notes and any more specific tax discussion set forth in the prospectus pursuant to which a particular Series, Class or Tranche of
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