Siobhan O’Donnell > Ballard Spahr LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Siobhan O’Donnell
Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner, Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Real Estate Finance Group, Leader of the CMBS Loan Origination Team and Bridge Lending Team
Career
Siobhan M. O’Donnell is the Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Real Estate Finance Group and is the Leader of the CMBS Loan Origination Team and Bridge Lending Team. She focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance.
She represents investment banks, commercial banks, specialty finance companies, and institutional lenders, as well as real estate developers and owners, in a variety of real estate financing transactions. Siobhan represents clients in permanent and bridge loan origination, CMBS conduit loans, construction loans, preferred equity transactions, mezzanine loans, and other subordinate financing structures. She also has significant experience in other aspects of real estate transactions, including leasing and acquisitions and dispositions of real estate.
Admissions
Pennsylvania
California
Memberships
Ballard Spahr’s Diversity Council
Ballard Spahr Hiring Committee
Co-Chair, Ballard Spahr Summer Associate Program, 2013-2014
Education
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D. 2006)
Member, Temple Law Review
Temple University (B.A. 2003)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
The real estate finance group at Ballard Spahr LLP assists with real estate transactions including mezzanine, construction, and mortgage loans all over the US. Distressed real estate and loan restructurings and enforcement are another key pillar of the practice as well as its private credit and equity real estate practice. Dominic De Simone, Siobhan O’Donnell, and Thomas Hauser all co-lead the group from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Baltimore respectively. Finance expert De Simone handles transaction structuring and restructuring as well as distressed real estate matters. He is also well-versed in balance-sheet and CMBS loan originations and construction loans. O’Donnell is a commercial real estate finance expert and often represents investment banks and commercial banks, Hauser handles complex real estate transactions, while in Philadelphia, Tina Makoulian is experienced in office, retail, and industrial leasing issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense