Thomas Henry > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

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 and co-chairs of the real estate department, 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.

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 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.