Financing

Having an understanding of market conditions, regulatory changes and property-specific challenges requires insightful guidance and legal counsel.

Structuring your deal

Our team of seasoned, pragmatic and highly-skilled lawyers advise commercial real estate lenders and borrowers on national financing transactions.

An extensive portfolio of experience

We routinely advise clients on financing transactions secured for properties such as:

• Land
• Capital market and Conduit lenders
• Condominium and cooperative units
• Office buildings and complexes
• Multi-family buildings
• Hotel and hospitality projects
• Shopping centers
• Industrial/warehouse/self-storage facilities
• Senior and student housing
• Stadiums
• Assisted living
• Healthcare and medical

Our prolific client base includes:

• National and regional banks
• Private equity funds
• Insurance companies
• Family offices
• Bridge lenders
• Developers
• Owner-operators
• Domestic and international investors
• Joint ventures
• Public companies

We structure innovative and strategic financing options for our clients, counseling owners, developers and lenders on transactions, including:

• Senior secured facilities, including acquisition, CMBS, construction and pre-development
• Senior and junior mezzanine
• Ground lease and leasehold
• Participations and co-lending
• Note-on-note and leverage transactions
• Historic and new market tax credit structures
• Workouts and restructurings, including deed-in-lieu and assignment-in-lieu
• Debtor-in-possession and bankruptcy exit financings
• Acquisition and/or disposition of performing and non-performing loans and loan portfolios
• Shari’ah compliant transactions
• Distressed debt
• Sale/leasebacks

Our reach extends across the globe

We have counseled clients in connection with international real estate financing transactions throughout Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, Fiji, France, Germany, and Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and Sweden.

Poised to lead at every stage of your project

Our attorneys who focus on lending matters are supported by a coalition of attorneys practicing in 15 areas of law – such as Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring, Construction, Corporate and Restaurant & Hospitality, to name a few.