Daniel Stanco

Practice Areas

Dan Stanco, partner and global co-head of Ropes & Gray’s real estate investments & transactions group, focuses his practice on real estate joint ventures, investments and finance for all real estate asset classes. Throughout his career, Dan has represented a broad range of clients, including public and private REITs, institutional real estate investors, developers, private equity funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and investment and commercial banks in complex U.S. and international real estate transactions, advising them on joint ventures, co-investments, distressed acquisitions and restructurings, mortgage and mezzanine financings, intercreditor agreements, hotel management, condominium developments, leasing and portfolio transactions. Dan is also one of the leading experts in the repurchase and loan-on-loan market for commercial real estate loans and CMBS, having negotiated over $25 billion of such financings for many of the leading mortgage REITs and real estate debt funds. Over his career, Dan has been involved in many of the most notable real estate transactions and projects in New York City, including the American Copper Buildings, Park Lane Hotel, Pier57, the Watchtower Building, and the Woolworth Building. Dan also regularly counsels clients on real estate issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with respect to its effect on financings, joint ventures, building operations, construction and leases. In addition, Dan is actively involved in multiple charitable initiatives as a member of the board of directors of The Feed Foundation, counsel to a New York City charter school and former advisor to various foundations supported by the United Nations.