Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP‘s real estate team offers a range of real estate services, with a focused area of expertise in the real estate finance market. The group has considerable experience representing both lenders and borrowers, with knowledge of mezzanine lending and preferred equity transactions in the real estate sector. Further, the team advises several real estate investors, handling a range of work for both alternative investment and private equity funds. Julian Wise is the chair of the firm’s real estate practice, based in New York, with experience structuring and negotiating senior and multi-tranche mezzanine financings, inter-creditor agreements, and joint ventures. Further support comes from Ari Aranda, also based in the New York office, whose particular expertise focuses on commercial mortgages, workouts, and restructurings.