Schwarting is the sixth to join the practice in the past three months
WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Powell Goldstein LLP is
pleased to announce it has hired Katie Schwarting as Counsel in the Real
Estate Capital Markets Practice Group in the firm's Washington office. She
is the sixth attorney to join the firm's national practice since March. The
five most recent hires were in the firm's Dallas and Washington offices.
Her practice focuses on securitization of commercial real estate
assets, as well as general corporate finance matters. Prior to joining
Powell Goldstein, Ms. Schwarting was Senior Director of the Commercial Real
Estate/Multifamily Finance Department of the Mortgage Bankers Association
in Washington. Her key responsibilities included advancing issues, industry
standards, regulations and legislation, including Regulation AB, REMIC
reform, and insurance issues (TRIA and Significant Insurance Event Report),
to support the commercial real estate industry MBA members in asset
administration (including CMBS, portfolio lending and life company
servicing) and loan origination.
"Having worked with Katie through the Mortgage Bankers Association, I
know first hand what a tremendous attorney she is and what a great asset
she will be to our group," said Keith A. Dunsmore, chair of the Real Estate
Capital Markets Practice Group. "We look forward to continuing the
aggressive expansion of the practice in all of our offices."
Ms. Schwarting also served as Assistant Vice President of the Real
Estate and Financial Services / Structured Products Services division of
Wachovia Securities in Charlotte, NC. She worked in the business
development group as a deal integration manager, a data integrity manager
and a portfolio manager, where she managed sixteen commercial mortgage
securitizations and conduit portfolios, totaling over 10 billion dollars
and 1,150 mortgage loans. She also negotiated and closed commercial
mortgage-backed securitization transactions, covering business issues as
the Master Servicer.
She received her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D. from University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
Powell Goldstein has one of the largest real estate groups in the
Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions. The attorneys in the Real Estate Capital
Markets Practice Group have significant experience structuring and
negotiating all types of secured financing transactions for all
classifications of real estate assets. The group focuses mainly on
commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) transactions, including a full
range of post-issuance issues, loan assumptions, modifications, workouts,
REMIC-related issues and defeasance transactions, representing master
servicers and special servicers.
Powell Goldstein LLP was established in 1909 and has nearly 300
attorneys who provide legal counsel to clients in a wide variety of
practices from offices in Atlanta, Washington, and Dallas. For more
information, visit http://www.pogolaw.com or call 404.572.6613.
SOURCE Powell Goldstein LLP
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