Rule13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

I,Anthony Sfarra, certify that:

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| 1.     | I have reviewed this report 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 Form 10-K of the Wells Fargo Commercial  Mortgage Trust 2016-NXS5 (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| 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 a material fact necessary to  make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by  this report;                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| 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 this report is included in the Exchange  Act periodic reports;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| 4.     | Based on my knowledge and  the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of  Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports,  the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements  in all material respects; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| 5.     | All of the reports on  assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and  their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing  criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report  in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18  and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as  otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance  described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K. |
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In givingthe certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided tome by the following unaffiliated parties:Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor,CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as SpecialServicer for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan,CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC,as Servicing Function Participant for the One Court Square Mortgage Loan,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Keurig Green MountainMortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for theKeurig Green Mountain Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as TrustAdvisor for the Keurig Green Mountain Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial RealEstate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the Keurig GreenMountain Mortgage Loan, National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Keurig Green Mountain Mortgage Loan, Rialto CapitalAdvisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the 10 South LaSalle Street MortgageLoan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 10 SouthLaSalle Street Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisorfor the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Commercial Real EstateServices, Inc., as Servicing Function Participant for the 10 South LaSalleStreet Mortgage Loan, and National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the 10 South LaSalle Street Mortgage Loan.

 

Dated:  March 27, 2017

 

/s/Anthony Sfarra

 President

(senior officer in charge ofsecuritization of the depositor)