Charles Sweet

About Charles Sweet

I\'m a securitization and structured finance lawyer at Morgan Lewis, where I am a partner and the practice development leader of our market-leading structured transactions group. I advise clients on the federal laws and regulations affecting asset-backed securities and other structured finance products, and my securitization experience encompasses a wide variety of asset classes, including automobile loans and leases, student loans, marketplace loans and residential mortgages. I have worked on many innovative transactions and structures, with sponsors ranging from finance arms of Fortune 500 companies to technology-driven emerging growth companies. I co-authored the fourth edition of the leading industry treatise, Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities (Wolters Kluwer).I am a co-chair of the Legal Counsel Committee of the Structured Finance Industry Group (the trade association for the securitization market), and a frequent speaker at industry conferences. I have represented SFIG and other financial industry groups in their responses to many of the regulatory changes in the structured finance area since the financial crisis, including Regulation AB II and the Dodd-Frank credit risk retention rules. I was the original author of The Federal Securities Law of Asset-Backed Securities (Bloomberg BNA). I have a background in other federal securities law and general corporate matters, in industries extending from banking to technology. My corporate practice has emphasized public offerings and private placements of securities, but I also have broad experience in other types of transactions, including repurchase and debt facilities, mergers and acquisitions, and partnerships and joint ventures.

Experience

1. Partner

   Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

   Oct 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Securitization and structured transactions lawyer, with extensive regulatory experience including credit risk retention and Regulation AB II. I also serve as the practice development leader of Morgan Lewis\' market-leading structured transactions group.

Education

• Yale University

  B.A., Philosophy

  1979 — 1983

• The University of Texas at Austin

  J.D., Law

  1983 — 1986