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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Real estate finance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP receives high praise for its real estate finance team which represents institutional lenders, including several of the nation’s top insurance company mortgage originators and commercial loan servicers. The team handles a broad range of transactions from CMBS and CLO financings to healthcare finance and mezzanine structures. Leading the team is Daniel Evans in New York and Jay Wardlaw in Atlanta. Evans focuses on mortgage and mezzanine loan transactions while Wardlaw centers his practice on cross-country loans, including permanent mortgage, bridge, and construction loans. The group maintains dedicated specialty areas in different sectors such as healthcare real estate finance, headed up by Robin Freeman in San Francisco as well as distressed situations. In Charlotte, Katie Schwarting is a go-to for special servicing. The practice’s restructuring capabilities are further bolstered by Sadia Ghazi as well as restructuring expert Jason DeJonker and structured finance specialist Rick White. The team has also been bolstered by the addition of John Domby’s Charlotte-based originations practice in June 2024.  
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Katie Schwarting and Rick White are knowledgeable, responsive and efficient and great to work with. Exactly what you want in a lawyer.’
  • ‘Seyfarth is my go-to firm for real estate finance matters. The firm provides excellent guidance at a reasonable price, is always uber-responsive and manages complex matters with ease.’
  • ‘Rick White is very responsive, efficient and thinks outside the box. He acts as a strong bridge between the legal and business sides.’
  • ‘I always feel the attorneys care about the work they've been engaged to perform and strive to deliver quickly while not sacrificing the end product. Seyfarth collaborates and communicates more effectively than other firms I've engaged with.’
  • ‘Rick White provides fast, efficient, and thorough work. Furthermore, he's a personable attorney and a pleasure to work with. In many ways, I've come to know him as a friend. ’
  • ‘I generally work with one attorney (Rick White) but I can tell he utilizes the entire real estate platform with my assignments. My work is directed to partners that have the best expertise at the firm related to the subject assignment rather than just hoarding the work by one attorney. It gives me comfort that I'm getting the best level of service and advice.’

Key clients

  • LBA Realty New York Life Insurance Company Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp EMP Capital Fort Amsterdam Capital Ardent Financial Stonehill Strategic Capital SKM Property Management LLC

Work highlights

Represented long-time client, LBA Realty, in multiple recent transactions aggregating over $1.9 billion.
Represented New York Life Insurance Company in multiple recent transactions aggregating $684.5 million.
Represented Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp and its affiliates in multiple recent transactions aggregating over $436.7 million.
Practice head

Daniel Evans; Jay Wardlaw

Other key lawyers

Robin Freeman; Katie Schwarting; Sadia Ghazi; Jason DeJonker; Rick White; John Domby

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