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Our attorneys represent lenders and borrowers in all aspects of capital markets and traditional real estate finance, including:
- Mortgage financings
- Origination and securitization of commercial mortgage loans
- Collateralized debt obligations (CDO's)
- Mezzanine financings
- Construction and permanent financings
- Portfolio loan acquisitions
- Subordinated debt financings
- Syndicated loans and participations
- Sale leaseback financings
- Preferred equity investments
- Repurchase facilities (REPO's) to provide financing for institutional lenders
Complemented by the firm's attorneys in related fields such as bankruptcy, litigation, tax and corporate finance, our real estate attorneys have considerable experience in loan workouts and restructurings.
Representative transactions include advising:
- A major real estate developer in a $230 million construction loan for the ground up construction of a branded luxury hotel and resort.
- A real estate fund in the acquisition of a $500 million distressed mortgage loan portfolio.
- A public mortgage REIT and its affiliates in their capacities as sponsor, advancing agent and collateral manager in three collateralized direct obligation (CDO) transactions involving the issuance of floating-rate, investment-grade-rated notes and preferred equity. The transactions ranged in size from $450 million to $600 million.
- Arbor Realty Trust, a real estate lender, in the closing of a $740-million credit facility from an institutional lender.
- A number of leading institutional lenders in the origination of over $1 billion in highly structured, floating-rate financings.
- A public mortgage REIT in the formation of a private placement of preferred stock in a private subsidiary REIT.
- Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc., a leading owner, developer and operator of wholesale data centers, in its $736 million public offering, one of the largest REIT IPOs at the time.
- Dupont Fabros Development LLC and its affiliates in connection with numerous construction and term financings and refinancings totaling in excess of $1 billion for office, flex office, data center, hotel and retail projects throughout the United States, including mortgage, mezzanine and highly structured loans.
- American Property Hospitality Management in connection with various hotel financings.
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