Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance

Debevoise has a comprehensive real estate group that handles large and complex property acquisitions and real estate investments. We represent financial institutions, PE funds, hedge funds, family offices, international investors, pension plans, corporations, investment advisors and individual entrepreneurs seeking to maximize the value of real estate holdings. We also assist clients in creating real estate funds. 

We actively advise domestic and international clients in:

• Acquisitions and sales of trophy office buildings, shopping centers, apartment and other residential buildings and hotels, as well as manufacturing facilities and industrial warehouses.
• Investments in companies that own, operate and develop real property inside and outside of the U.S., through JV vehicles or as cornerstone investors in newly-formed REITs.
• Innovative financings for lenders and borrowers such as fee and leasehold mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, b-notes, participation interests, securitized real estate loans and preferred equity investments, and the purchase and sale of such loans (including non-performing loans) on the secondary market.
• Workouts and restructurings of real estate investments, both inside and outside of bankruptcy, for lenders and borrowers alike.
• Sophisticated sale-leaseback transactions and commercial leases.

Our lawyers have deep knowledge of real estate law, practice and custom throughout the United States and apply creative problem-solving to novel and complex transactions.