Laurence Pettit

Practice Areas

Laurence Pettit advises underwriters, lenders and institutional investors on capital markets and warehouse loan transactions in a wide range of esoteric asset classes. In recent years, he has been actively involved in residential and commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) assessments, home improvement loans, consumer litigation funding, retail installment sales contracts, contractor loans, equipment finance agreements, insurance commissions, trade receivables, collateralized fund obligations, commercial/industrial solar power purchase contracts, rooftop solar loans, and tobacco settlement legal fee awards. As issuer’s counsel, Laurence helped develop the first securitizations of residential PACE assessments in 2014, and he has facilitated more than 50 PACE 144a and 4(a)(2) securitizations since that time. He is actively involved in the expanding market for both residential and commercial PACE financings, advising on the establishment of new PACE programs and on specific transactions to fund the origination of PACE assets.