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Mr Timothy Stafford
Work Department
Global Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Timothy A. Stafford, a partner in Dechert’s global finance practices, focuses his practice on complex real estate finance transactions, including construction, permanent and mezzanine lending, commercial mortgage securitization, subordinate real estate debt sales and purchases, and resolutions of distressed real estate debt. Mr. Stafford’s practice also encompasses acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties, commercial leasing, and joint venture transactions. In addition, he serves as a leader on the firm’s LIBOR Transition Taskforce.
Mr. Stafford was a principal draftsman of the form of mezzanine loan intercreditor agreement published in CMBS World, which has become widely used in real estate capital markets transactions. He has also written numerous articles on various topics relating to complex real estate finance structures.
Memberships
- CRE Finance Council (CREFC)
- Young Mortgage Bankers Association
- New York State Bar Association Committee on Commercial Leasing
Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., 1978, summa cum laude
- University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies, M.A., 1980
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1983
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds