Dentons uses its broad network and financial expertise to advise lenders on in-bound and cross-border real estate transactions, including CRE financings, construction loans, and acquisitions. The firm represents both national and international lenders such as major banks, life insurance companies, and debt funds. In Chicago, Steve Davidson is the go-to for construction related real estate financing, while over in New York Richard Stempler handles a wide range of transaction types from CMBS to balance sheet lending and Gary Goodman represents agent banks in syndicated loans. Sarah Armendariz assists lenders, borrowers, title companies, and tenants in real estate transactions from Kansas City.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Accolades
Client satisfaction
Testimonials
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- 'The team my firm utilizes at Dentons brings a skill set that combines legal and business acumen for straight forward and complex deals.'
- 'Steve Davidson is an amazingly sharp attorney with a strong business sense. His approach highlights the legal risks with business recommendations.'
Key clients
- Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba)
- PNC Bank
- KeyBank
- Asia Capital Real Estate (ACRE)
- Guggenheim Partners
- Midland Loan Services, a division of PNC Bank, National Association
- Gulf Islamic Investments (GII)
- Landmark Properties, Inc.
- Heitman Capital Management
- Man Global Private Markets (USA)
Work highlights
- Advising KeyBank National Association on complex real estate finance transactions in excess of nearly $10 billion USD.
- Represented Landmark Properties and its affiliates as its primary real estate counsel in connection with a wide variety of real estate matters throughout the US.
- Represented Midland Loan Services in connection with the closing of several loan assumption, transfer of interest and other deals over the past twelve months with the aggregate deal value for all deals in that timeframe in excess of $1 billion.
Lawyers
Practice head
Linda White
Other key lawyers
Gary Goodman; Steve Davidson; Richard Stempler; James Barkin; Sarah Armendariz; Suneet Sidhu; Kelvin Hsu