Real estate finance
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Mr. Bettinger advises clients in connection with a broad range of commercial real estate transactions. He regularly advises insurance companies, banks, real estate investment trusts, and other real estate investment funds in the origination, syndication, and restructuring of mortgage and mezzanine term and construction financings, including in connection with multi-tiered intercreditor arrangements and senior/subordinate (A/B) notes and participations.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Kahlil T. Yearwood is co-partner in charge of the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he serves as a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department, with a practice focused on commercial real estate finance and capital markets. He represents various portfolio lenders (including specialty finance companies, life insurance companies, hedge funds, and banks), debt fund managers, and private equity firms in transactions involving loan origination, loan purchases and sales, subordinate debt financing and acquisition, post-closing modifications, and work-outs.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Aron’s practice focuses on domestic and international commercial real estate finance. He represents credit funds, banks, asset management firms and insurance companies on a broad range of real estate financing transactions, including mortgage and mezzanine loans, preferred equity structures, A/B notes, participation interests and note-on-note and repo financing facilities. His experience spans CMBS, balance sheet, bridge and construction loans, and includes the negotiation of complex co-lender, intercreditor and participation arrangements and multi-tranche workouts, restructurings, deed-in-lieu transactions and foreclosures.
Leading lawyers
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Michael Weinberger is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Weinberger’s practice focuses on real estate law, with a particular focus on real estate finance, workouts, restructurings and commercial mortgage securitization. He frequently represents lenders, borrowers and issuers in complex multi-state mortgage and mezzanine loan transactions involving office buildings, hotels, shopping centers, multi-family, industrial, casino and other property types.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Michael Barker, a real estate partner, has a broad range of experience in mortgage, mezzanine, construction and other financings, domestic and foreign acquisitions, development and construction projects, joint ventures and real estate investment transactions involving commercial, residential, retail and hospitality properties. His diverse client list includes lenders, developers, owners and institutional investors.
Eversheds Sutherland
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Mr. Vines focuses his practice on commercial real estate finance, including the origination of commercial loans for capital market, syndicate, and balance sheet lenders with a specialty in development, construction, and transitional loans. Mr. Vines has significant experience representing clients in the purchase and sale of mortgage and subordinated debt, including the negotiation of intercreditor, participation, and co-lender agreements. Mr. Vines has represented a wide range of clients in connection with loan restructurings, discounted pay-offs, deed-in-lieu transactions, and foreclosures. His client list includes lenders, investment funds, institutional investors, owners, and developers in complex real estate financing matters.