KatieSchwarting
Partner
Real Estate Finance
kschwarting@seyfarth.com
Katie is an invaluable asset to clients as they navigate the legal complexities of commercial real estate capital markets.
More About Katie
Katie's practice focuses on commercial mortgaged back securities (CMBS) including conduit and single asset, single borrower securitizations, collateralized loan obligations (CLO), and Freddie Mac securitizations—both the K Series and Small Balance Loan products representing special servicers, master servicers, sub-servicers and investors (B Piece buyers). Her practice is firmly rooted in providing comprehensive legal solutions to clients' regulatory challenges related to securitization, portfolio, and warehouse servicing agreements, including disclosure, compliance, and audit requirements. Katie also handles sale and purchases of securities, the collapse of pool trusts, workout and foreclosure strategies, asset management, transfers of servicing, and facilitating the sale of commercial mortgage servicing rights, cementing her reputation as an indispensable resource in the realm of real estate finance law.
Katie chairs the firm’s Servicing & Special Servicing practice group and is an active member of the commercial real estate community.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Katie was senior director of the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Department of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, DC from 2003 to 2007. Her key responsibilities included advancing issues, standards, regulations, and legislation to support the commercial real estate industry MBA members in asset administration (including CMBS, portfolio lending, and life company servicing) and loan origination (including lenders, rating agencies, consultants, insurance companies, and attorneys).
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Katie was senior director of the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Department of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, DC from 2003 to 2007. Her key responsibilities included advancing issues, standards, regulations, and legislation to support the commercial real estate industry MBA members in asset administration (including CMBS, portfolio lending, and life company servicing) and loan origination (including lenders, rating agencies, consultants, insurance companies, and attorneys).
- JD, University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
- District of Columbia
- North Carolina
Related Services
Related News & Insights
-
Seyfarth Event
Sep 29, 2026
Seyfarth Servicing Summit
-
Speaking Engagement
May 19, 2026
Katie Schwarting to Speak at "Trends, Bends & Opportunities - The State of CRE Servicing Today" at MBA CRE Servicing Solutions Conference
-
Event
Mar 10, 2026
Katie Schwarting to Moderate "Beyond the Box: Servicing Complex and Emerging CRE Assets" at CREFC’s High Yield Conference
-
Speaking Engagement
Feb 11, 2026
Katie Schwarting to Speak at MBA CREF26
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Banking and Finance Law (2024-2026)
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Real Estate (2024-2025) and Real Estate Finance (2024-2025), The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.)
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC), Chair of the Governance and Best Practices Committee of CREFC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- Women in Housing & Finance
- Co-Author, "The Mysteries of the Universe," Mortgage Banking (February 2008)
- Co-Author, "Helping to Mold the Future: The ASTM Standard Guide for Readily Observable Mold and Conditions Conducive to Mold in Commercial Buildings: Baseline Survey Process," ASTM International Standardization News (2006)
- Speaker, "Trends, Bends & Opportunities - The State of CRE Servicing Today," MBA CRE Servicing Solutions Conference, (May 19, 2026)
- Moderator, "Beyond the Box: Servicing Complex and Emerging CRE Assets," CREFC’s High Yield, Distressed Assets, & Servicing Conference, New York, NY (March 10, 2026)
- Speaker, Breakfast and Closing Super Session, Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention & Expo, San Diego, CA (February 11, 2026)
- Speaker, “The Property Line: Rethinking Servicing: Balancing Innovation and Experience,” Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 9, 2025)
- Facilitator, "Commercial/Multifamily Super Session," MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 22, 2024)
- Co-Speaker, “Expert Panel - Stories from the Front Lines: Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solutions for Distressed Real Estate,” Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 8, 2024)
- Co-Presenter, "Brace Yourselves - Impact of Increased Loan Defaults and Decreased Valuations," MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 20, 2024)
- Continuing Legal Education Training (May 2023): Interrupting Unconscious Bias
- Quoted, "Uptown's One Wells Fargo goes into receivership after default on $157M loan," Charlotte Business Journal (October 23, 2023)
- Quoted, "Law Firm Building Servicing Practice," Commercial Mortgage Alert ( September 29, 2023)
- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Charlotte Museum of History
- Advisory Board, Duke University Alumni Giving
Katie is an invaluable asset to clients as they navigate the legal complexities of commercial real estate capital markets.
More About Katie
Katie's practice focuses on commercial mortgaged back securities (CMBS) including conduit and single asset, single borrower securitizations, collateralized loan obligations (CLO), and Freddie Mac securitizations—both the K Series and Small Balance Loan products representing special servicers, master servicers, sub-servicers and investors (B Piece buyers). Her practice is firmly rooted in providing comprehensive legal solutions to clients' regulatory challenges related to securitization, portfolio, and warehouse servicing agreements, including disclosure, compliance, and audit requirements. Katie also handles sale and purchases of securities, the collapse of pool trusts, workout and foreclosure strategies, asset management, transfers of servicing, and facilitating the sale of commercial mortgage servicing rights, cementing her reputation as an indispensable resource in the realm of real estate finance law.
Katie chairs the firm’s Servicing & Special Servicing practice group and is an active member of the commercial real estate community.
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Katie was senior director of the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Department of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, DC from 2003 to 2007. Her key responsibilities included advancing issues, standards, regulations, and legislation to support the commercial real estate industry MBA members in asset administration (including CMBS, portfolio lending, and life company servicing) and loan origination (including lenders, rating agencies, consultants, insurance companies, and attorneys).
Prior to joining Seyfarth, Katie was senior director of the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Department of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, DC from 2003 to 2007. Her key responsibilities included advancing issues, standards, regulations, and legislation to support the commercial real estate industry MBA members in asset administration (including CMBS, portfolio lending, and life company servicing) and loan origination (including lenders, rating agencies, consultants, insurance companies, and attorneys).
- JD, University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
- District of Columbia
- North Carolina
Related Services
Related News & Insights
-
Seyfarth Event
Sep 29, 2026
Seyfarth Servicing Summit
-
Speaking Engagement
May 19, 2026
Katie Schwarting to Speak at "Trends, Bends & Opportunities - The State of CRE Servicing Today" at MBA CRE Servicing Solutions Conference
-
Event
Mar 10, 2026
Katie Schwarting to Moderate "Beyond the Box: Servicing Complex and Emerging CRE Assets" at CREFC’s High Yield Conference
-
Speaking Engagement
Feb 11, 2026
Katie Schwarting to Speak at MBA CREF26
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Banking and Finance Law (2024-2026)
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Real Estate (2024-2025) and Real Estate Finance (2024-2025), The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.)
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC), Chair of the Governance and Best Practices Committee of CREFC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- Women in Housing & Finance
- Co-Author, "The Mysteries of the Universe," Mortgage Banking (February 2008)
- Co-Author, "Helping to Mold the Future: The ASTM Standard Guide for Readily Observable Mold and Conditions Conducive to Mold in Commercial Buildings: Baseline Survey Process," ASTM International Standardization News (2006)
- Speaker, "Trends, Bends & Opportunities - The State of CRE Servicing Today," MBA CRE Servicing Solutions Conference, (May 19, 2026)
- Moderator, "Beyond the Box: Servicing Complex and Emerging CRE Assets," CREFC’s High Yield, Distressed Assets, & Servicing Conference, New York, NY (March 10, 2026)
- Speaker, Breakfast and Closing Super Session, Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention & Expo, San Diego, CA (February 11, 2026)
- Speaker, “The Property Line: Rethinking Servicing: Balancing Innovation and Experience,” Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 9, 2025)
- Facilitator, "Commercial/Multifamily Super Session," MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 22, 2024)
- Co-Speaker, “Expert Panel - Stories from the Front Lines: Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solutions for Distressed Real Estate,” Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 8, 2024)
- Co-Presenter, "Brace Yourselves - Impact of Increased Loan Defaults and Decreased Valuations," MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 20, 2024)
- Continuing Legal Education Training (May 2023): Interrupting Unconscious Bias
- Quoted, "Uptown's One Wells Fargo goes into receivership after default on $157M loan," Charlotte Business Journal (October 23, 2023)
- Quoted, "Law Firm Building Servicing Practice," Commercial Mortgage Alert ( September 29, 2023)
- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Charlotte Museum of History
- Advisory Board, Duke University Alumni Giving