Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner advises commercial real estate clients on a wide range of debt-related matters, including bridge loans, syndicated facilities, mezzanine financings, preferred equity, and A/B loan participations, with additional experience in distressed loans and assets. Eugene Balshem leads the practice from Florida, representing lenders in the origination, purchase, sale, syndication, and securitization of commercial real estate loans. In New York, William Campbell is a key contact for lender-side work, particularly co-lending arrangements and intercreditor relationships. California-based real estate finance partner Martyn Taylor joined the team from Greenberg Traurig in December 2024, while Varuna Bhattacharyya and Matthew Royko departed the firm in July and September 2025, respectively.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- ACORE Capital
- Balbec Capital
- Benefit Street Partners
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Center Square Asset Management
- Ladder Capital
- LMF Commercial
- Mesa West Capital
- Voya Investment Management
Practice head
Eugene Balshem
Other key lawyers
William Campbell; Martyn Taylor