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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Real Estate: Corporate

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

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For more information about Cleary Gottlieb's Real Estate practice, please visit https://www.clearygottlieb.com/practice-landing/real-estate

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Real Estate: Corporate - New York


What the Team is Known For

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acts for major lenders and borrowers in sophisticated real estate financings and joint ventures. It has extensive experience in mortgage and mezzanine loan originations, as well as handling a range of acquisitions and dispositions. Additionally, Cleary Gottlieb demonstrates significant knowledge of development and public-private partnership matters.

Work Highlights

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  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton represented Monday Properties Investments with the restructuring of a joint venture which wholly owns an office property in Virginia with an equity recapitalization value of $200 million.

Strengths

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  • Cleary is particularly strong in combining legal excellence with commercial pragmatism, ensuring that advice is not only technically sound but also strategically aligned with business objectives.

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  • Cleary is very in touch with the market, highly engaged with clients and highly commercial.

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  • The real estate group at Cleary has exceptional people. The partners are thought leaders of the industry and are dedicated to client service.

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  • Cleary's team members have been extremely helpful in developing negotiating strategies for even the most complex transactions.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Senior StatespeopleSteven L Wilner
    Senior StatespeopleSteven L Wilner

    Steven L Wilner

    Steven Wilner frequently represents investors in significant portfolio transactions and offers notable experience acting on cases involving major international elements.

    • Steve is best in class on client service, sophistication and commercial awareness as well as being a pleasure to work with.

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  • Band 3David Herman
    Band 3David Herman

    David Herman

    David Herman is regularly engaged by clients on a range of corporate transactions. He offers substantial expertise in matters including financings, joint ventures and acquisitions and sales.
    • He helps us really unpack some of the very complicated work that goes into real estate and knows the market extremely well.

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    • He is one of my most trusted people in the legal field when it comes to resolving our tough deals and negotiations.

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    • David Herman is one of the most energetic real estate transactional lawyers I know.

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    • David is wickedly smart. He's great with client service.

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  • Band 4Daniel Reynolds
    Band 4Daniel Reynolds

    Daniel Reynolds

    Daniel Reynolds is adept at handling real estate finance transactions on behalf of both lenders and borrowers. He regularly assists domestic and international clients with joint ventures and various types of loan financing structures.

    • Dan is very business-oriented and he can explain legal concepts in very business-friendly terms.

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    • Dan Reynolds is extremely responsive and communicative, making him our go-to person for all our legal needs.

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    • Dan Reynolds' steady hand in complex negotiations is unrivalled; he is an intellectual powerhouse in real estate transactional law.

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    • Dan truly cares about his clients, proactively identifying and mitigating risks, while making sure issues are resolved.

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  • Band 4Joe Lanzkron
    Band 4Joe Lanzkron

    Joe Lanzkron

    Joe Lanzkron regularly represents a range of clients in real estate matters including joint ventures, acquisitions and restructurings.

    • Joe approaches matters with a thorough understanding of both the legal and commercial dimensions, anticipating business implications and providing practical, actionable guidance.

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    • He will find the fastest and easiest point between A and B through the most complicated of webs.

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    • Joe Lanzkron stands out from his peers at other firms for his rare combination of deep legal expertise, strategic insight and exceptional client focus.

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    • He is extremely responsive, professional, knowledgeable and commercial and we can really trust him to be our representative.

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