King & Spalding‘s real estate and funds team’s caseload includes representing private funds on the purchase, structuring, and closing of mortgage loans. The team also handles cross-border transactions and represents clients in the raising of equity and debt capital. From New York, Jennifer Morgan, who focuses on raising capital and the formation of joint ventures, jointly leads the team alongside Erik Andersen, who advises on structuring loans and the acquisition of distressed loans. Elizabeth Gable in New York represents domestic and international institutions on the origination and modification of complex financings, including construction and mezzanine financings.
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- 'They can handle all aspects of financing a real estate development project including equity joint ventures and construction loans along with ancillary documents such as construction agreements and property management agreements. They are timely, responsive, and able to negotiate documents under tight time frames. They work well with opposing counsel.
Key clients
- Greystar Real Estate Partners
- Ascentris
- APG Asset Management
- Ares Management
- Broe Real Estate Services, Inc.
- Clarion Partners
- The Dinerstein Companies
- HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH
- Morgan Stanley
- Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH
Work highlights
Advised Axos Bank on the purchase of $1.2 billion pool of mortgage loans.
Represented Affinius Capital Management as mezzanine lender, for a financing transaction in concert with Bank OZK, as mortgage lender, in which OZK and AC, respectively, provided a mortgage loan in the amount of $99,830,000 and a mezzanine loan in the amount of $20,448,900 to affiliates of Hines, for the ground-up construction of three industrial warehouse buildings in San Jose, California.
Represented AEW Capital Management, on behalf of a managed account, in connection to closing a $126,000,000 mortgage loan to a special-purpose entity subsidiary of a joint venture between Panattoni Development Company and an entity advised by Crow Holdings Capital Partners, L.L.C.
Lawyers
Practice head
Jennifer M. Morgan; Erik F. Andersen
Other key lawyers
Elizabeth Gable