Tina Makoulian > Ballard Spahr LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Tina R. Makoulian concentrates on complex real estate development, acquisition and disposition of commercial properties and commercial leasing.

Tina represents owners and developers of all property types. She has extensive experience with office, retail, and industrial leasing, on both the landlord and the tenant side. She frequently handles portfolio acquisitions and dispositions of stabilized assets, particularly in the office and multifamily areas. Her clients have included shopping center REITs, office REITs, real estate investment fund managers, manufacturing companies, national retailers, and developers of a variety of projects, including mixed-use projects and transit-oriented projects.

Admissions: Pennsylvania.

Languages

Armenian

Memberships

American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), Board of Governors

Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Philadelphia Chapter, Past President

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Real Estate Institute Planning Team

ACREL, Board of Governors and Executive Committee

Armenian Missionary Association of America, past board member

Community Design Collaborative, past board member

CREW Philadelphia, past board member

National CREW Network, past board member

Education

Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993)
Member, Villanova Law Review
Order of the Coif

University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1990)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Real estate finance

The real estate finance group at Ballard Spahr LLP assists with real estate transactions including mezzanine, construction, and mortgage loans all over the US. Distressed real estate and loan restructurings and enforcement are another key pillar of the practice as well as its private credit and equity real estate practice. Dominic De SimoneSiobhan O’Donnell, and Thomas Hauser all co-lead the group from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Baltimore respectively. Finance expert De Simone handles transaction structuring and restructuring as well as distressed real estate matters. He is also well-versed in balance-sheet and CMBS loan originations and construction loans. O’Donnell is a commercial real estate finance expert and often represents investment banks and commercial banks, Hauser handles complex real estate transactions, while in Philadelphia, Tina Makoulian is experienced in office, retail, and industrial leasing issues.