McDermott Will & Schulte

McDermott Will & Schulte‘s real estate team has considerable expertise when structuring acquisition transactions, handling financial commitments, and steering leasing agreements and management arrangements. Furthermore, the practice has a distinct prominence in the market regarding the hospitality space, particularly when concerned with the hotel and related food and beverage sectors. David Wolff co-heads the US real estate practice, and leads the Chicago practice, with particular experience advising major private equity firms and REIT clients. Mal Serure, of the Los Angeles office, works alongside Wolff and is experienced in advising lenders and borrowers in mortgage and mezzanine loan financing and preferred equity transactions. In New York, Keith Pattiz is noted for his specialism in commercial leasing, sales, financing, and hotel transactions. Following the firm's merger, the team in New York also includes Julian Wise, who has experience structuring and negotiating senior and multi-tranche mezzanine financings, inter-creditor agreements, and joint ventures, and Ari Aranda , whose particular expertise focuses on commercial mortgages, workouts, and restructurings.