KatieSchwarting

Partner

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Katie is an invaluable asset to clients as they navigate the legal complexities of commercial real estate capital markets.


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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).

  • JD, University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
  • District of Columbia
  • North Carolina