Herrick features an exceptionally versatile group of real estate finance lawyers, with first rate legal skills and an innate sense of market terms at any given time.
Our clients include commercial, investment and private banks, insurance companies, pension funds, specialty lenders, funds, investors and borrowers who call on us for a wide range of financings, including portfolio financings, bridge loans, acquisition loans, permanent and construction financings, senior and subordinate mezzanine loans, syndicated loans and leasehold financings. We also regularly advise on issues involving intercreditor relationships within the capital structure and participation and syndication arrangements, including A/B loan structures and note on note financing. We also advise clients on the purchase and sale of complex mortgage and mezzanine loans and preferred equity positions.
We offer a deep understanding of every major asset type, including residential rental buildings, condos and cooperatives, offices, retail properties, shopping centers, hotels and industrial properties throughout the country.
Our clients also benefit because we frequently address and litigate issues from both a debtor and creditor perspective, including the representation of debtors, secured lenders, landlords and investors in all aspects of the workout, restructuring, foreclosure, litigation, reorganization and bankruptcy arenas.
Areas of Focus:
- Mortgage financings
- Mezzanine financings
- Construction and development loans
- Preferred equity financings
- Multiple property portfolio financings
- Participations and syndications
- A/B loans and note on note financings
- Credit enhanced financings
- Tax credit financings
- Community development lending
- Loan portfolio acquisitions
- Distressed situations