Ms Holly Chamberlain > Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
200 LIBERTY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10281
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Finance

Position

Holly Chamberlain is head of Cadwalader’s Real Estate Finance practice and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Her practice focuses on real estate finance as well as matters affecting property owners’ ownership, acquisition and disposition of real estate interests. She represents lenders in the financing of a range of properties, including: office, retail, hotel, multi-family, industrial and skilled nursing facilities through single asset as well as multi-state and multi-property transactions. She advises clients on a wide range of transactions, such as: the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans (including stabilized and unstabilized assets, term loans, bridge loans, revolving credit facilities and future advance facilities), preferred equity investments in real estate joint ventures, unsecured real estate loans, single-family rental portfolios, bridge and term facilities, loan workouts and consensual foreclosure.

Holly also advises on the negotiation of co-lender and intercreditor agreements, secondary market mortgage and mezzanine loan sales, loan servicing, the acquisition and disposition of properties, negotiations of property management agreements and the renegotiation, acquisition and sale of stressed real estate loans.

Education

J.D., New York Law School, magna cum laude

B.A., Binghamton University

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Real estate finance

(Leading partners)

Holly Chamberlain – Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Lauded for its expertise in CMBS transactions, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP‘s practice places an emphasis on the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans. Beyond the practice’s focus on commercial real estate loan originations, the team also advises on a growing stream of refinancing mandates. Among its clientele are financial institutions JPMorgan and Wells Fargo, who turn for their most complex lending work, including syndicated lending matters. In Charlotte, Holly Chamberlain‘s impressive track record extends to SASB securitised deals and refinancing existing CMBS loans. Also in Charlotte, both Molly Lovedale and Christopher Dickson have experience with multi-state, multi-property pooled transactions and are noted for capabilities in the servicing and sale of mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, and participation interests. Working with Neuman in New York, real estate finance lawyer Nicholas Brandfon acts on loan sales, restructurings, and bankruptcy-related matters. Former practice head Bonnie Neuman moved to Sidley Austin LLP in April 2025.