Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
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About
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acts for major lenders and borrowers in sophisticated real estate financings and joint ventures. It has extensive experience in mortgage and mezzanine loan originations, as well as handling a range of acquisitions and dispositions. Additionally, Cleary Gottlieb demonstrates significant knowledge relating to development and public-private partnership matters.
Work Highlights
- Cleary Gottlieb represented Goldman Sachs on the origination of a $1.2 billion acquisition facility loan to affiliates of Preylock Real Estate Holdings, secured by a portfolio of eleven industrial warehouse assets.
Strengths
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"The team is very competent from the senior members down to the junior associates. They have a deep bench and are always very responsive."
"They are very practical and commercial in their approach. The team is able to easily identify key issues, explain them efficiently and provide one or more viable solutions."
"Cleary has a strong team of knowledgeable attorneys and focuses on important issues. We go to Cleary for our most complex matters."
"The firm is highly responsive and extremely focused on making sure that the clients feel that they are working in complete lockstep to close a transaction."
"The team is very competent from the senior members down to the junior associates. They have a deep bench and are always very responsive."
"They are very practical and commercial in their approach. The team is able to easily identify key issues, explain them efficiently and provide one or more viable solutions."
"Cleary has a strong team of knowledgeable attorneys and focuses on important issues. We go to Cleary for our most complex matters."
"The firm is highly responsive and extremely focused on making sure that the clients feel that they are working in complete lockstep to close a transaction."
Notable Practitioners
Kimberly Blacklow routinely represents major institutional investors as both borrower's and lender's counsel on major finance transactions.
"Kim is a super talented attorney who is highly commercial and well connected in the space, making her an indispensable part of any deal team."
"Kim is wonderful to work with. I can truly trust her with any question big or small."
Steven Wilner frequently represents investors on significant portfolio transactions and offers notable experience acting on cases involving major international elements.
"Steve is very commercially-minded, extremely accessible and focused on delivering a successful outcome."
"Steve is a business partner to our firm, and lends much more than legal expertise. He brings awareness of client culture, strategy and connects the dots."
Joe Lanzkron regularly represents a range of clients on real estate matters including joint ventures, acquisitions and restructurings.
"Joe has an incredible depth and breadth of knowledge across markets, asset types and complex situations that makes him a key player in any transaction."
"Joseph is an excellent all-round lawyer. He is smart, efficient, fast to respond and just a pleasure to deal with."
"He is very detail-oriented and always has original, creative solutions."
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