Fielding real estate, finance and restructuring expertise, McDermott Will & Emery LLP is a popular choice for private equity sponsors, lenders and developers engaging in marquee real estate development projects. The practice has a sizeable workload consisting of refinancings, restructurings, workouts, and construction loans. David Wolff and Mal Serure lead the practice from Los Angeles and Chicago respectively. Wolff is a key contact for private equity firms while Serure brings deep knowledge of the purchase of loans and purchase and sale of commercial properties to bear to advise domestic and international clients. In particular, Japanese clients can rely on Serure for specialist advice. Based in New York and Los Angeles respectively, other standout practitioners are commercial real estate experts Elias Eliopoulos, and Zena M. Ho, who closely support Serure on financing transactions and distressed matters. In the New York office, Brian Donnelly maintains strengths in the debt sector and the equity practice assisted by another highlighted practitioner, Scott Weinberg. Justin Bender is also a stand-out member of the team, routinely leading transactions involving large portfolios of properties. Benjamin Kryder and Stephanie Stein are other names of note.
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Témoignages
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‘MWE deals with very complicated capital structures, and helps us through the process to desired outcome. ’
‘They have been crucial to helping us get multiple deals done this year from very complicated re-financings, construction loans, C-Pace funds, etc.’
Clients clés
- Arbor Realty Trust
- S3 Capital (affiliate of Spruce Capital Partners)
- BDO USA
- Barclays
- Ernst & Young
- Angelo Gordon
- Apollo Global Management
- Apollo Insurance Solutions Group LP
- BentallGreenOak (BGO) Strategic Capital Partners (“BGO-SCP”)
- Brookfield Properties Group
Points forts
- Represented an affiliate of RFR Holding in the $1.1 billion debt restructuring of the iconic Seagram Building located at 375 Park Avenue, New York.
- Advised Blackstone in the loan restructuring of a senior housing portfolio comprised of more than 40 properties, which is secured by a $560 million Fannie Mae loan.
- Representing an affiliate of Driftwood Capital as lender in connection with a mezzanine loan in the principal amount of $35,800,000, made in conjunction with a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $92,000,000 made by Deutsche Bank.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Mal Serure; David Wolff
Autres avocats clés
Elias Eliopoulos; Zena M. Ho; Brian Donnelly; Scott Weinberg; Justin Bender; Benjamin Kryder; Stephanie Stein