Mr Kenneth Hackman > Dechert LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
CIRCA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-2808
PENNSYLVANIA
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Mr Kenneth Hackman
Work Department
Finance & Real Estate
Career
Kenneth D. Hackman is a Partner in Dechert’s global finance practice. Mr. Hackman’s practice encompasses a broad range of real estate finance and investment matters, including the representation of borrowers and lenders on repurchase facilities, warehouse facilities and single-family rental finance transactions, including the origination and securitization of single-family rental loans.
Mr. Hackman also has significant experience in the origination, acquisition and disposition of complex mortgage loans, mezzanine financings, the financing of distressed and under-performing mortgage debt, and the modification, workout and restructuring of complex distressed-debt structures. Mr. Hackman represents a number of investment banks, commercial banks, life insurance companies, institutional investors, specialty finance companies, REITs and private equity funds.
Memberships
CRE Finance Council (CREFC); Mortgage Bankers’ Association (MBA)
Education
Washington and Lee University, B.A., 2005, cum laude, 2005; University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 2008, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Executive Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, recipient of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship
Extern, the Honorable Thomas M. Hardiman, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Pennsylvania (Summer 2006)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
(Next Generation Partners)Dechert LLP boasts a leading commercial real estate finance practice which is regularly mandated by clients to aid with origination of commercial real estate loans, including mortgage and mezzanine loans, as well as with real estate acquisitions and dispositions. The firm specializes in representing lenders in complex real estate finance transactions and advises clients on seeking leverage through repurchase agreements. Advising issuers, underwriters, and asset sellers in CMBS and standalone securitization of large loans is also a key pillar of the practice. Practice heads Laura Swihart and John Timperio lead the team from New York and Charlotte, respectively. Swihart is the go-to for clients requiring assisting with commercial mortgage-backed securitization transactions. She has also represented a number of joint ventures and entities with creating commercial mortgage loan origination platforms. The firm has a large team of lawyers to assist its large client base all over America, key names include David Forti who takes the lead in Philadelphia, Stewart McQueen who is key to the commercial mortgage-backed securities practice in North Carolina, and in Philadelphia Jason Rozes is an expert in advising lenders on commerical real estate finance. Richard Jones is an expert in capital markets and mortgage finance, while Devin Swaney focuses on structure finance and real estate matters and are both based in New York. Matthew Ginsburg, Kenneth Hackman and Nitya Kumar Goyal in Pennsylvania, and Laura Ciabarra and Matthew Fischer over in New York, are all noted for their specialism in real estate finance. In Philadelphia, Victoria Boland is noted for her experience representing investment banks, life insurance companies, and commercial banks.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate finance United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation