CERTIFICATION

 

Re:	**MorganStanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2012-C5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2012-C5**(the “Transaction”),issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of July 1, 2012 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”),executed in connection with the Transaction (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in thePooling and Servicing Agreement).

 

 

I,Jane Lam, certify that:

 

1.

Ihave 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 thisreport on Form 10-K of Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2012-C5 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

 

2.

Basedon my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact oromit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Basedon my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the periodcovered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4.

Basedon my knowledge and the servicer compliance statement(s) required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and exceptas disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicer(s) have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreement(s)in all material respects; and

 

5.

Allof the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reportson assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordancewith Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, exceptas otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed inthis report on Form 10-K.

 

Ingiving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

|  | ● | U.S.                                         Bank National Association, as Trustee |
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|  | ● | U.S.                                         Bank National Association, as Certificate Administrator |
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|  | ● | Wells                                         Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian |
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|  | ● | KeyBank                                         National Association, as Master Servicer |
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|  | ● | Rialto                                         Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer |
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|  | ● | Park                                         Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor (from 12/27/19 to 12/31/19) |
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|  | ● | Situs                                         Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor (from 1/1/19 to 12/26/19) |
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|  | ● | Midland                                         Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer |
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|  | ● | Berkadia                                         Commercial Mortgage LLC, as Primary Servicer |
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Date:March 26, 2020

 

 

|   | By     | /s/ Jane Lam     |
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|   |   | Name: Jane Lam   |
|   |   | Title: President |