Biography

Kamilla B. Rodrigues is a partner in the Real Estate Department where she focuses her practice on real estate finance law. She represents private and institutional lenders, including domestic and international lenders, in connection with bilateral and syndicated acquisition loans, permanent loans, construction loans, mezzanine loans, revolving credit facilities, corporate financing and intercreditor agreements. She also works on distressed loans across a broad range of asset classes, including multifamily developments, hospitality developments, mixed used projects, industrial buildings, and office and retail buildings. She represents lenders and borrowers in note-on-note transactions and other secondary market financing.

On the borrower side, Kamilla represents developers, real estate investment companies, private individual investors, closely held companies, family offices, funds and public companies in a wide range of transactions, including sales, acquisitions, joint ventures, development deals, and financings involving hotels, office buildings, shopping centers, industrial sites and condominiums/cooperatives. 

Kamilla also works closely with clients on various types of corporate transactions, from negotiating and drafting merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, limited liability company agreements, and formation and governance documents, to coordinating the due diligence and closing process.

In 2022, Kamilla was selected as a member of the class of Fellows by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity ("LCLD"). Launched in 2011, LCLD's landmark Fellows Program is designed for diverse, high-potential, mid-career attorneys at LCLD Member organizations.

Kamilla was recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2021 for Real Estate Law. In 2020, Kamilla was named one of New York Real Estate Journal's "Ones to Watch," which focuses on up-and-coming professionals across all areas of real estate.

Before joining the Herrick team, Kamilla was a Commercial Real Estate & Finance and Corporate Associate at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C. in New Jersey.

Memberships & Associations

  • Cornell Real Estate Council, Women's Advisory Board, Co-Chair
  • Cornell Real Estate Council, Career Advisory Program ("CREC CAP")
  • Minority Student Program (MSP) at Rutgers Law School, Alumna