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Dechert LLP

Real Estate: Finance

USA Guide 2026 : Pennsylvania


Dechert LLP

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About

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Dechert provides a responsive, interdisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional team to address the complexities of modern finance transactions across categories and geographies. With more than 150 lawyers in the world’s major financial centers, our internationally recognized practice provides clients with innovative deal structuring, creative financing strategies and efficient execution. Our clients receive comprehensive solutions for all of their finance needs. By tapping into the breadth of Dechert’s expertise, we deliver advice on real estate finance, structured finance, leveraged finance and securitization matters.

Commercial Real Estate Finance

We handle the origination of complex commercial real estate loans, as well as securitization and syndication after closing. Dechert provides market-leading, best-in-class service to our clients, helping them to successfully structure and originate complex commercial real estate financings across all asset classes, including securitization, syndication, restructuring and enforcement.

Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities

We help our clients innovate and execute their transactions efficiently and effectively. We provide best in class service across all asset categories and securitization technologies, including CMBS and CRE CLOs, warehouse facilities, cash and synthetic transactions and on the purchase and sale of pools of loans and other financial assets.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate: Finance - Pennsylvania

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Dechert LLP has a well-established real estate practice, with experience advising on commercial real estate issues, including transactions, structured financing and mortgage-backed securities work. Frequently acts for lenders on complex real estate financings, boasting a premium client list of multinational financial institutions, developers and corporations.

Work Highlights

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  • Dechert LLP advised Bank of America and Wells Fargo on the $3.5 billion refinancing of the Rockefeller Center.

Strengths

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  • Dechert's level of expertise is at the highest level of competency in the market.

    Real Estate: Finance respondentUSA
  • Dechert is plugged into the market and the team consistently push themselves.

    Real Estate: Finance respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1David W Forti
    Band 1David W Forti

    David W Forti

    David Forti co-chairs the firm. He is widely recognized for his work in real estate finance and securitization.

    • David Forti is a top real estate finance lawyer, he really takes care of us.

      Real Estate: Finance respondentUSA
  • Band 2Jason Rozes
    Band 2Jason Rozes

    Jason Rozes

    From the Philadelphia office, Jason Rozes assists banks with real estate finance matters such as securitization, restructurings and mortgage loans.

  • Band 2Matthew Ginsburg
    Band 2Matthew Ginsburg

    Matthew Ginsburg

    Matthew Ginsburg co-leads Dechert's commercial finance group and is a managing partner in the Philadelphia office. His work involves acquisitions, loans and financing for clients such as banks, institutional investors and private equity funds.
    • Matt is very knowledgeable and is able to bridge the legal and commercial aspects in an efficient manner.

      Real Estate: Finance respondentUSA
  • Band 3Justin J Gdula
    Band 3Justin J Gdula

    Justin J Gdula

    Justin Gdula frequently acts for banks and other lenders on real estate finance transactions.

  • Band 3Nitya K. Goyal
    Band 3Nitya K. Goyal

    Nitya K. Goyal

    Nitya Goyal focuses her practice on advising banks, institutional lenders and private equity investors on commercial real estate finance transactions. She provides counsel on a number of issues, including mortgage loans and securitizations and syndications in high-value deals.

    • Nitya is really thoughtful, she makes it a relationship and not really a transaction.

      Real Estate: Finance respondentUSA

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