Charise Patterson is General Counsel of Sprout, a private equity-backed IT asset management partner to global enterprises across the data center, AI infrastructure, and enterprise IT lifecycle. She built the company’s legal function from the ground up, oversees legal and compliance for Sprout and its affiliates, and serves on the executive leadership team. Charise advises Sprout’s management and board on legal, regulatory, and governance matters, from day-to-day risk to strategic decisions. Her approach treats compliance and asset lifecycle discipline as competitive differentiators, embedded in how the business operates and grows.

Charise joined Sprout from CAPTRUST, where she served as M&A Counsel and partnered with senior executives to balance speed, rigor, and long-term value creation. Prior to going in-house, she practiced M&A and corporate law at Moore & Van Allen and Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Charise holds a B.A. in Political Science from Spelman College and a J.D. with a Business Law Certificate from the USC Gould School of Law.