Structuring Tenants in Common Real Estate for Section 1031 Exchanges

Mr. Katkov represents and counsels clients in a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including financings/commercial lending, acquisitions, dispositions, sale-leaseback transactions, commercial leases, rights-of-way and easement agreements, and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions around the nation ranging from $50 – $900 million. He also advises builders, developers, and landlords seeking government approvals to pursue project entitlements and in defending alleged regulatory violations.  Mr. Katkov represents a variety of borrowers in varying financing transactions, including mezzanine loans. He regularly represents national industries in leasing across all product types and leads the firm’s real estate initiatives for clients engaged in the cannabis industry in 13 states.

Ms. Whitman is Managing Member of Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC, a national law practice based in the Washington, DC metro area. Her 25+ years of real estate experience includes $5 billion in transactions spanning multiple asset classes, as well as capital stack structuring, real estate securities offerings, workouts, recapitalizations, commercial leasing, rent control, and Section 1031 exchanges. Before forming Whitman Legal Solutions, she served as General Counsel for a national, privately-held real estate securities sponsor which issued tenant-in-common and other Section 1031-qualified real estate securities, as Deputy General Counsel in charge of real estate and securities matters for a public company, as an Administrative Law Judge hearing building, licensing, and rent control cases for the District of Columbia, and as an associate with large law firms located in Columbus, Ohio and New York City. Ms. Whitman also previously served The Uniform Law Commission’s Tenancy in Common Ownership Default Rules Committee and was chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Real Estate Committee. She authors an award-winning blog about real estate and business law and is frequently interviewed and quoted on real estate issues. Ms. Whitman received her J.D cum laude from The Ohio State University and her LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation with Distinction from Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to having active bar admissions in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, and Ohio, she holds an active Maryland real estate broker license.