ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT

ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated March 29 (this “ Agreement ”), among GS Mortgage Securities Corp. (the “ Assignor ” or “ Depositor ”), Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“ Deutsche Bank ”), not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) on behalf of GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-4 (the “ Assignee ”), Avelo Mortgage, L.L.C. (the “ Servicer ”) and as acknowledged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“ Wells Fargo ”), as master servicer (in such capacity, the “ Master Servicer ”).

For and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.   Assignment, Assumption and Conveyance.

The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns to the Assignee all of the right, title and interest (other than those rights specifically retained by the Assignor pursuant to this Agreement) of the Assignor, as purchaser, in, to and under (a) certain mortgage loans acquired through the Goldman Sachs Residential Mortgage Conduit Program (the “ Mortgage Loans ”) listed on the schedule (the “ Mortgage Loan Schedule ”) attached hereto as Exhibit A , (b) the Representations and Warranties Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007, between Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (“ GSMC ”) and the Assignor (the “ Representations and Warranties Agreement ”), and (c) solely insofar as it relates to the Mortgage Loans, that certain Flow Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006 (the “ Servicing Agreement ”), by and between Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company as predecessor to the Assignor (in such capacity, the “ Owner ”) and the Servicer, as amended by the Step 1 Assignment Agreement. The Assignor hereby agrees that it will (i) deliver possession of notes evidencing the Mortgage Loans to, or at the direction of, the Assignee or its designee and (ii) take in a timely manner all necessary steps under all applicable laws to convey and to perfect the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans as required under the Master Servicing and Trust Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007 (the “ Trust Agreement ”), among the Depositor, U.S. Bank National Association, as a custodian, Deutsche Bank, as Trustee and as a custodian, The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association, as a custodian and Wells Fargo, as Master Servicer, securities administrator and as a custodian.

The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the Assignee hereunder (i) any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and any obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the Servicing Agreement that are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement, (ii) any rights and obligations of the Assignor pursuant to the Servicing Agreement arising prior to the date hereof or (iii) the rights and obligations of the Owner under the following sections of the Servicing Agreement: Section 6.02 (relating to the Owner’s right to terminate the Servicer), Section 5.01 (relating to the Owner’s right to receive information from the Servicer) and Section 11.16 (relating the Owner’s obligation to execute certain confidentiality agreements).

The Assignee hereby assumes all of the Assignor’s obligations under the Mortgage Loans and the Servicing Agreement solely insofar as such obligations relate to the Mortgage Loans, other than the obligations set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph.

The parties hereto agree that with respect to the Mortgage Loans being serviced under the Servicing Agreement the Servicing Fee Rate for the Mortgage Loans shall be the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

2.   Recognition of the Assignee.

(a)   The Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i) the Trust will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the Servicer will be the servicer of the Mortgage Loans on or after the applicable Transfer Date pursuant to the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement, (ii) the Servicer shall look solely to the Trust (including the Trustee and the Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf) for performance of any obligations of the Assignor under the Mortgage Loans and the Servicing Agreement (solely insofar as it relates to the Mortgage Loans) (except for such obligations of the Assignor retained by the Assignor hereunder), (iii) the Trust (including the Trustee and the Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf) shall have all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as they relate to (A) the Mortgage Loans, under the applicable purchase agreement pursuant to which the Owner purchased the related Mortgage Loans from the related Seller, including, without limitation, the enforcement of the document delivery requirements set forth in Section 5(b) of the related purchase agreement and (B) the Servicing Agreement, and shall be entitled to enforce all of the obligations of the Servicer thereunder insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, the remedies for breaches of representations and warranties set forth in Article IX of the Servicing Agreement (except for the rights and remedies retained by the Assignor hereunder), (iv) all references to the Owner under the Servicing Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to refer to the Trust (except to the extent of the rights and obligations retained by the Assignor hereunder) (including the Trustee and the Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf) and (v) the Mortgage Loans will be part of a REMIC, and the Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans and any real property acquired upon default thereof (including, without limitation, making or permitting any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan) after the applicable Transfer Date in accordance with the Servicing Agreement but in no event in a manner that would (A) cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, and the tax on “net income from foreclosure property” as set forth in Section 860G(c) of the Code). Neither the Servicer nor the Assignor shall amend or agree to amend, modify, waiver, or otherwise alter any of the terms or provisions of the Servicing Agreement which amendment, modification, waiver or other alteration would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the Servicer’s performance under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the prior written consent of the Master Servicer.

(b)   From and after the date hereof, the Servicer shall note the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee in its books and records, shall recognize the Assignee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans and, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, shall service all of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Assignee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. It is the intention of the Assignor, Servicer and Assignee that the Servicing Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Servicer and the Assignee and their successors and assigns.

(c)   The Servicer further acknowledges that, from and after the date hereof, it (and any of its successors under the Servicing Agreement) will be subject to the supervision of the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and that the Master Servicer, acting on behalf of the Trustee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans, shall have the same rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans as were assigned by GSMC, in its capacity as the original “Owner” under the Servicing Agreement, to the Assignor under the Step 1 Assignment Agreement, and further assigned hereunder by the Assignor to the Trustee, on behalf of the trust formed pursuant to the Trust Agreement. Such rights that Master Servicer may enforce on behalf of the Trustee will include, without limitation, the right to terminate the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans upon the occurrence of an event of default thereunder, the right to receive all remittances required to be made by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the Servicing Agreement, the right to receive all monthly reports and other data required to be delivered by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the Servicing Agreement and the right to exercise certain rights of consent and approval relating to actions taken by the Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

(d)   All reports and other data required to be delivered by the Servicer to the “Owner” under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be delivered to the Master Servicer at the address set forth in Section 8 hereof. All remittances required to be made to the Trustee, as the successor in interest to the Assignor under the Servicing Agreement, shall be made instead to the Master Servicer by wire transfer to the following account:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

ABA #: 121000248

For credit to: SAS Clearing

Acct #: 3970771416

FFC to: GSAA 2007-4 Acct # 50996300

(e)   Monthly Reporting .

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Servicing Agreement, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, not later than the tenth calendar day of each month (or if such tenth calendar day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall furnish to the Master Servicer (i)(a) monthly loan data in the format set forth in Exhibit B hereto (or in such other format mutually agreed upon between the Servicer and the Master Servicer), (b) default loan data in the format set forth in Exhibit C hereto (or in such other format mutually agreed upon between the Servicer and the Master Servicer and (c) information regarding the realized losses and gains in the format set forth in Exhibit D hereto (or in such other format mutually agreed upon between the Servicer and the Master Servicer), in each case relating to the period ending on the last day of the preceding calendar month, (ii) all such information required pursuant to clause (i)(a) above on a magnetic tape, electronic mail, or other similar media reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, and (iii) all supporting documentation with respect to the information required under the preceding paragraph.

3.   Representations and Warranties of the Assignee.

The Assignee warrants and represents to and covenants with, the Assignor, the Servicer and the Trust as of the date hereof that:

(a)   it is a sophisticated investor able to evaluate the risks and merits of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that it has not relied in connection therewith upon any statements or representations of the Assignor or the Responsible Party other than those contained in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Assignment Agreement.

(b)   it is duly and legally authorized to enter into this Assignment Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

(c)   this Assignment Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by each of the other parties hereto) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

4.   Representations and Warranties of the Assignor.

The Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignee and the Trust as of date hereof that:

(a)   The Assignor is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loans and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note. The Mortgage Loans are not assigned or pledged, and the Assignor has good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Assignee will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest. The Assignor intends to relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor the Mortgage Loans;

(b)   The Assignor has not waived the performance by any Mortgagor of any action, if such Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the Servicer waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by such Mortgagor;

(c)   With respect to the Mortgage Loans, any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws or unfair and deceptive practices laws applicable to the Mortgage Loans, including, without limitation, any provisions related to Prepayment Premiums, have been complied with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations; and

(d)   With respect to the Mortgage Loans, none of the Mortgage Loans are (a) subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) classified as “high cost,” “threshold,” “covered” or “predatory” loans under any other applicable federal, state or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees).

5.   Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties of the Assignor.

With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Assignor hereby acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of the representations and warranties made by the Assignor set forth in Section 4 hereof or in Section 2 of the Representations and Warranties Agreement that materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Assignee or the Trust therein, within sixty (60) days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Assignor of such breach of a representation or warranty, it shall cure, purchase, cause the purchase of, or substitute for the applicable Mortgage Loan in the same manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of the Representations and Warranties Agreement.

6.   Termination; Optional Clean-Up Call .

In connection with the Trust Agreement, the Master Servicer hereby agrees to the following obligations described below. For purposes of this Section 6 only, any capitalized term used but not defined in this Assignment Agreement has the same meaning assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.

In the event that a Person or Persons specified in Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement chooses to exercise its option set forth therein to purchase the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or to conduct an Auction Call for such property of the Trust Fund, as the case may be, by no later than the 10 ^th day of the month of the final distribution, such Person shall notify the Depositor, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator of the final Distribution Date and of the applicable purchase or sale price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties determined and in the manner as provided in the Trust Agreement.

In the event the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties are purchased or sold pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Securities Administrator the applicable Termination Price on the Remittance Date immediately preceding the applicable final Distribution Date. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Securities Administrator and the Custodians of