Strategic Legal Counsel Across the Capital Stack
Our Real Estate Finance Practice Group represents virtually every type of lender across the full spectrum of real estate financing. With deep experience spanning the capital stack and transactions around the globe, we bring sophisticated, practical guidance to every stage of the lending process.
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We advise clients including:
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CMBS lenders
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Mortgage REITs
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Commercial and investment banks
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Life insurance companies
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Private equity and opportunity funds
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Institutional and non-traditional lenders
From balance sheet loans to complex mezzanine structures, our team delivers efficient execution, creative structuring, and trusted counsel.
What Sets Us Apart
We Protect Your Interests—While Preserving Borrower Relationships
We understand that borrowers are often our clients’ clients. While we fiercely advocate for our lender clients, we do so with professionalism and diplomacy. Our goal is to secure the protections our clients need while fostering goodwill—so borrowers want to do business with our clients again.
We Help You Grow Your Business
We don’t just close deals—we help create them. As part of a leading real estate law practice, we represent borrowers, developers, and sponsors across the industry. This gives us unique insight and opportunities to connect our lender clients with potential borrowers and deals. Many clients view us as both counsel and a source of deal flow.
We Deliver Practical, Clear Answers
When issues arise that threaten to derail a transaction, we step in with actionable solutions. We don’t leave clients with vague “on the one hand, on the other hand” advice. Instead, we offer sound, commercially practical answers—especially in situations where no perfect solution exists. This problem-solving mindset is why clients bring us their most complex matters.
Areas of Expertise
We handle all types of real estate lending, including:
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Portfolio and balance sheet loans
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CMBS transactions
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Mezzanine loans
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Construction financing
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EB-5 financing
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Bridge loans
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Hospitality and skilled nursing facility loans
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Multi-property and multi-state portfolios
We also advise lenders on:
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Syndication of loans and co-lender arrangements
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Participation agreements (senior and subordinate)
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Whole loan and loan portfolio acquisitions and sales
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Structuring preferred equity to work within senior debt constraints
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Restructuring, workouts, and enforcement actions, including foreclosures
Our clients count on us not just for documentation, but for strategic insight that protects their interests, mitigates risk, and advances their business goals.
