Krystyna Blakeslee > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Offices
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10019
NEW YORK
United States
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Krystyna Blakeslee
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Please see https://www.willkie.com/professionals/b/blakeslee-krystyna
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
(Next Generation Partners)The New York-based real estate finance practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is a strong firm for lenders requiring assistance with acquisitions, loan originations, and joint venture financing. Krystyna Blakeslee leads the practice and is an expert in commercial real estate finance and investment. She is key to the practice’s commercial real estate transactions, representing real estate companies, funds, institutional lenders, and banks, and is also well-versed in a wide range of asset classes from data centers and retail to hospitality and construction. Co-heads Carly Glover Saviano, David Drewes, and Thomas Henry are real estate specialists focusing on transactions, acquisitions and dispositions. All aforementioned lawyers are based in New York. Misty Sanford leads the recently established Los Angeles real estate team for the firm.
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Representing a diverse group of buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s real estate team advises across the full spectrum of real estate assets and sectors with highlights including sizeable transactions and development mandates in residential, condominiums, and offices along with mandates in the hotel and resort sectors. Negotiations and leasing arrangements are also strengths, as is the firm’s strong track record in financing, including mortgage and mezzanine loan structures, restructuring and workouts. The practice is also noted for its ability to draw on the firm’s bankruptcy, tax, and corporate & financial services groups. Operating out of New York is chair of real estate finance Krystyna Blakeslee as well as co-chairs of the real estate department Carly Glover Saviano, David Drewes, and Thomas Henry. In Los Angeles chair of real estate Misty Sanford is a key contact with expertise covering transactions, workouts, and private-public partnerships.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate United States > Real estate
- Real estate finance United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism