Robin Freeman > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

‘Friendly and accessible’, Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s broad real estate practice covers the gamut of asset types including data centers, healthcare, hospitality and hotel as well as commercial properties in retail and industrials. Household names like 7-Eleven form part of the firm’s client roster, with a wider base consisting of funds, financial institutions, banks, and REITs, among others. Paul Mattingly, located in the firm’s Atlanta office, acts as national chair of the real estate department, with managing partner of the Atlanta office, Steven L. Kennedy, taking the lead of the development practice group. Catherine Burns is a key name on investment transactions in Boston, as is Eric Greenberg on leasing. In New York, Daniel Evans is noted for his expertise on financing, loan, and restructuring work, while Robin Freeman, based in San Francisco, co-leads the national health care real estate & finance practice. New York’s Cynthia Mitchell is another key name, noted for her role as co-chair of the health care, life sciences & pharmaceuticals industry group. Alongside its transaction and finance expertise, the firm is also highly experienced on joint ventures, leasing, and private-public-partnerships, with further capabilities extending to more niche areas, evidenced through the firm’s Corporate Transparency Act Taskforce. In 2023, the firm gained partners Amy Simpson and Katie Schwarting from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner together with Neil Weisbard, formerly at Pryor Cashman LLP. That same year saw the firm open an office in Dallas.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP‘s real estate finance practice spans the US, assisting lenders with the full gamut of transactions including construction financings, portfolio loans, capital market loans, and mezzanine loans. The team is also well-equipped to handle distressed real estate matters such as workouts, foreclosures, and bankruptcy. Recently the practice has expanded its reach and has started assisting with issues in California as well as focusing on infrastructure investment, construction, data centers, and healthcare. Daniel Evans and Jay Wardlaw jointly lead the team from New York and Atlanta. Evans centers his practice on structuring and closing mortgage and mezzanine loan transactions, while Wardlaw specializes in cross-country permanent mortgage, bridge, and construction loans. As a part of the health care real estate and finance team, San Francisco-based Robin Freeman is key to lending transactions in the healthcare space as well as concentrating on West Coast transactions. For distressed real estate issues Arren Goldman in Charlotte is the go-to. Also in Charlotte Katie Schwarting and Dallas-based Amy Simpson have expanded the team’s real estate finance expertise, both joining from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in 2023.