**Exhibit31** 

EX-31Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.  

 

I, Leland F. Bunch, III,certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed thisreport on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form10-K of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-UBS7 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

 

2. Based on my knowledge,the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge,all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by thisreport is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledgeand the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects;and

 

5. All of the reports onassessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessmentof compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwisedisclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this reporton Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certificationsabove, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: 

 

Midland Loan Services,a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association,as Trustee, U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Administrator, U.S. Bank National Association, as Custodian, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor,

 

Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Aviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for theAviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Aviare Place Apartments MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Aviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Aviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as TrustAdvisor for the Aviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Aviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for theAviare Place Apartments Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicerfor the Charles River Plaza North Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Charles River PlazaNorth Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and Certificate Administrator for the Charles River PlazaNorth Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the Charles River Plaza North Mortgage Loan, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Charles River Plaza North Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for The Mall of New Hampshire Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, asSpecial Servicer for The Mall of New Hampshire Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and CertificateAdministrator for The Mall of New Hampshire Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for The Mall ofNew Hampshire Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for The Mall of New Hampshire Mortgage Loan, WellsFargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 261 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, Midland Loan Services, a Divisionof PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for the 261 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association,as Trustee for the 261 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the 261 FifthAvenue Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Custodian for the 261 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha SurveillanceLLC, as Trust Advisor for the 261 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the 261 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the 261Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan. 

 

Dated:March 25, 2016 

 

/s/Leland F. Bunch, III 

 

ChiefExecutive Officer and President

(seniorofficer in charge of securitization of the depositor)