Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s group is composed of a finance practice and a corporate practice, providing its clients with in-depth advice in both domains. The practice has maintained its longstanding reputation for its borrower-side representation and continues to grow its lending practice. The practice draws on deep real estate and corporate expertise to advise on the full range of mandates from joint ventures and preferred equity investments to portfolio transactions and recapitalizations. The CRE practice is led by Fiona Kelly while the real estate finance practice is co-headed by Michael Barker and Michael Vines. Barker is a go-to for the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans and pre-development loans while Vines is a stellar lender-side counsel, covering the sale of mortgage and subordinate debt for clients like JPMorgan, for which he is the firm’s key client contact. CRE specialist Kelly concentrates on joint venture platforms and their investments and property and equity transfers. Steven Rudgayzer ‘s practice centers on complex joint venture transactions, predominantly acting for private equity funds. Kabaye Liku represents large institutional syndicate and balance sheet lenders on originations for a range of property types including office and multifamily buildings and data processing centres. Patrick Dowd is well-versed in preferred and common equity joint venture arrangements and has substantial expertise in hospitality, particularly with leading hotel acquisition, disposition and financing transactions. Matthew Aldana is also highlighted. All aforementioned lawyers are located in New York.