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  • University of Michigan (A.B., Economics, 1978), with honors and high distinction
  • Northwestern University (School of Music, 1976)
  • University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1981), Executive Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review, 1980-1981

  • Honorable Charles L. Levin, Michigan Supreme Court (1981-1982)

  • Minnesota

Charles F. Sawyer

Partner
Minneapolis
P: (612) 343-7986
F: (952) 516-5691
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Partner in the Corporate practice group in the area of corporate and securities law, with emphasis on securitizations and SEC-registered public offerings. Chair of the Securitization practice.

Representative Transactions

  • Lead securitization counsel 1985-2003 to Conseco Finance Corp. (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation). Securitizations of manufactured housing loans, home improvement and home equity loans, dealer floorplan receivables, private-label credit cards, and loans for miscellaneous consumer and commercial products. Lead counsel on Green Tree’s Net Interest Margin securitizations, described in Green Tree's 1994 Annual Report as "the most sophisticated, innovative asset-backed transaction completed since the inception of the market."
  • Securitization counsel to Arcadia Financial Ltd.; 29 public securitizations between 1993-2000, totaling over $13.4 billion.
  • Securitization counsel to AT&T Capital Corporation in connection with its $3.2 billion securitization of equipment lease receivables, selected as a "Deal of the Year" for 1996 by Institutional Investor magazine.
  • Involved in numerous other structured finance transactions since 1982, as issuer's counsel, underwriter's counsel and trustee's counsel, involving residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, life insurance settlements, credit card receivables, cattle feeding contracts, and a variety of other assets.
  • Involved in numerous offerings of debt and equity securities for various clients, including preferred stock, trust preferred securities, medium-term note programs and a variety of bank note offerings.
  • Involved in numerous derivatives transactions involving interest rates, currencies and equities.