With a notable strength in CMBS, Arnold & Porter advises financial institutions, institutional investors, and real estate owners on a wide range of real estate transactions. The team handles joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing, alongside loan originations, restructurings, and secondary market transactions. The Real Estate Department is co-chaired in New York by Stephen Gliatta, who brings experience across mortgage loans, mezzanine financings, restructurings, and workouts, and Jeffrey Kapner, who focuses on equity real estate transactions. Also in New York, Louis Hait regularly represents banks and lending institutions in originating structured mortgage and mezzanine debt, as well as construction lending and leasing matters.
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Key clients
- Affinius Capital
- National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P.
- FitzWalter Capital
- Argentic Real Estate Investment LLC
- Grandview Partners
- AWH Partners
- Citibank
- Blackstone Real Estate
Work highlights
Advised Affinius Capital in connection with a $105 million investment to recapitalize Sven, a 958-unit multifamily property in Long Island City
Represented National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P, Grand Cayman Branch (“NBK”), in the origination of a $78 million mortgage loan to refinance Fuse Cambridge, a 244-unit, luxury apartment building located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Represented FitzWalter Capital, a global private investment firm, in the acquisition and financing of a luxury multifamily property in Georgetown, Texas.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Stephen Gliatta; Jeffrey Kapner; Amy Rifkind
Other key lawyers
Louis Hait