Patrick C. Sargent
Partner
psargent@andrewskurth.com

1717 Main Street
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4430
F: 214.659.4792

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Pat's practice focuses on structured finance, corporate securities, and business transactions, including extensive experience in securitization of diverse asset types, collateralized mortgage obligations, pass-through certificates, bond financings, and various project and international finance transactions. He has represented a national credit rating agency in commercial mortgage and asset-backed securitizations, and also represents issuers, underwriters, investors, and servicers in public and private structured finance transactions and other debt and equity transactions.

In addition, Pat's finance practice includes merger and acquisition transactions as well as general corporate, partnership, and joint venture representation.

Representative Experience

• Represented public company in $1.9 billion term and revolver financing in connection with acquisition of publicly traded independent refiner and marketer
• Represented Fortune 100 company in commercial mortgage lease-backed securitization of its corporate headquarters (2003)
• Structured first cross-border credit tenant lease securitization based on Mexican credit (1996)
• Represented issuer in a consumer receivable master trust combined term and revolving credit facility securitization
• Represented the acquiror in a combined merger and structured finance purchase of multiple restaurant chains
• Represented subprime auto lender in securitization of its residuals from multiple term securitizations

Professional / Civic Affiliations

Member

• American Bar Association
  • Section of Business Law, Committee on Developments in Business Financing, Subcommittee on Securitization of Assets
• Board of Governors, Mortgage Bankers Association
• Board of Governors, Commercial Mortgage Securities Association
• Editorial Board, CMBS World, a publication of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association

Listed - The Best Lawyers in America in structured finance law (2006-2009)

Headline News

• Andrews Kurth LLP Announces Formation of Covered Bonds Practice Group (September 2, 2008)
• Andrews Kurth Announces Policy Committee Election (August 28, 2008)
• Law firms brace for subprime fallout (pdf) (April 11, 2008)
• Andrews Kurth Announces Policy Committee Election (August 16, 2007)

Industries

• Banking/Finance
• Real Estate

Practice Areas

• Subprime and Distressed Assets
• Banking/Finance
• Securitization
• International
• Corporate/Securities

Education

• JD, 1982, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Southwestern Law Journal, Editor, The Barristers (1981-1982)
• BS, 1979, Accounting (Minor Spanish), Kansas State University, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Alpha Psi, Blue Key

Admitted

• Texas 1982

Languages

• Spanish