14 Apr 2026
Dechert LLP Adds Partner Lawton Camp to Global Finance Practice
"Lawton Camp joins Dechert LLP's global finance practice in New York as partner, focusing on asset finance and securitization, including CLOs, ABS, rated notes and equipment, aircraft, SBA and infrastructure finance."
Mr. Camp is a nationally recognized structured finance and securitization lawyer whose arrival expands Dechert’s asset class coverage into large equipment, aircraft, SBA loans and infrastructure and further strengthens the firm’s CLO, credit fund, ABS and rated notes capabilities. He brings extensive experience representing underwriters, arrangers, originators, issuers, credit enhancers and investors across a broad range of asset classes, including CLOs, ABS, mortgage-backed securities, credit card, trade, lease and consumer finance receivables, small business loans, auto loans and emerging market future flows. He has advised on REITs, EETCs, catastrophe bonds, CDOs and various derivative instruments, and has represented issuers and dealers on U.S., Canadian and European bank debt and covered bond programs, including advising on the first-ever SEC registration of a covered bond program. Mr. Camp also brings a significant debt-underwriting background spanning AFS, CDS, credit risk transfer and rated notes, and has been ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in securitization categories.