Structuring Real Estate Mortgage Covenants, Event of Default Provisions, Representations and Warranties

Mr. Homburger concentrates his practice in the area of real estate financing, development and investment, and he is particularly noted for his experience in sale/leaseback transactions and the use of advanced financing techniques. He served as an adjunct professor of law at The John Marshall Law School, where he taught a course in advanced real estate transactions. He is a frequent speaker and writer on topics such as sales and leaseback financing, commercial real estate leases and mortgages, and numerous others.

Ms. Dreyfus is a finance attorney with a practice that involves assets in every state, having represented every type of lender from large national banks and life insurance companies to small private lenders and conduit lenders. She also works with borrowers in acquisitions and dispositions as well as all their financing needs. The types of transactions for both lenders and borrowers cover the entire spectrum from straight mortgage and construction loans, CMBS loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, and mezzanine loans to lines of credit, syndicated loans, and sale-leaseback transactions. Ms. Dreyfus also represents clients in the selling and purchasing of loans, both individual notes along with portfolios, including an analysis of all the due diligence and existing financing documents.  

Ms. O’Connell represents major investment banks, private equity funds, and other institutional lenders in the origination, acquisition, disposition, and restructuring of both mortgage and mezzanine construction, bridge, balance sheet, and securitized loans and preferred equity investments in connection with the acquisition, development, redevelopment, and refinancing of various asset classes throughout the U.S. In addition, she advises clients on structuring and negotiating complex loan transactions, from loan origination to the restructuring and work out of, and the exercise of remedies (including foreclosures and deed in lieu of foreclosure arrangements) under, such loans. Ms. O'Connell has experience working on the formation of joint ventures, corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies in connection with her representation of developers, investors, property managers, and hotel owners in a variety of transactions that include the purchase, sale, and financing of various real estate assets.