North America - United States • Real estate
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has a sizeable nationwide team, with practice heads David Herman, Mal Serure, and David Wolff located across New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago respectively. The practice is active in financings, restructurings, workouts, joint ventures, construction projects and loans. The firm has diverse clientele ranging from buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders to landlords and tenants. Wolff has advised a number of private equity sponsors, develops, capital providers, and REITs with commercial real estate transactions. Joining the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Herman is the go-to for real estate-related companies seeking assistance with M&A, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and other transactions. Representing a range of real estate companies, REITs, and banks, Serure advises both lenders and borrowers on mortgage and mezzanine loan financing. Real estate finance specialists Jeffrey Steiner and Scott Weinberg are key names to note in the New York office. David Broderick left the firm in March 2024.
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Work highlights
- Advised long-standing client RFR Holding on an extension and modification of an aggregate $1 billion in mortgage and mezzanine debt secured by the landmark office tower at 375 Park Avenue, New York.
- Advising Ladder Capital Corp and affiliates on negotiation, documentation and amendment of facilities and specific transactions thereunder in compliance with regulatory requirements to transition facilities aggregating over $1.5 billion.
- Represented affiliates of Apollo Global Real Estate Management, LP in connection with a construction mortgage loan and mezzanine loan in the aggregate amount of approximately $336 million.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Herman, Mal Serure, David Wolff