Alternative Financing Structures for Real Estate Deals
Leveraging New Opportunities and Minimizing Legal Risks With Sale-Leasebacks, Seller Financing and Ground Leases
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Thursday, October 8, 2009
Recorded event now available
This seminar will explain the benefits and risks associated with sale-leaseback transactions, seller financing and ground leases, and will offer best practices for counsel to protect the interests of the buyer or seller when negotiating and structuring the real estate deal.
Description
Tighter underwriting on commercial real estate loans has forced borrowers to find new financing methods. Nontraditional sources, increasing investment money, meeting higher debt-coverage requirements, accepting higher interest rates, and paying higher premiums are all part of the new reality.
In this environment, buyers and sellers of commercial real estate are also turning to sale-leasebacks, seller financing and ground leases to move real estate deals forward.
Buyers and sellers considering alternative financing techniques for real estate transactions face a number of legal and financial risks. Counsel must carefully assess the benefits and risks of each financing structure to properly advise their clients.
Listen as our panel of experienced real estate finance attorneys examines the opportunities and downsides of common alternative real estate financing structures. The panel will outline strategies for protecting the interests of the buyer or seller when negotiating and documenting the real estate deal.
Outline
- Current market trends
- Alternative real estate financing—benefits and risks
- Sale-leaseback transactions
- Seller financing
- Ground leases
- Other options
- Best practices for negotiating and documenting the deal
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What new strategies are being used to facilitate real estate deals in the absence of traditional financing?
- What are the most common deal terms buyers and sellers are negotiating and the benefits and risks of each?
- What are the best practices for counsel on both sides of the deal when negotiating terms?
Faculty
Thomas C. Homburger,
Of Counsel
K&L Gates, Chicago
He concentrates his practice in the area of real estate financing, development and investment, and he is particularly noted for his experience in sale/leaseback transactions and the use of advanced financing techniques. He served as an adjunct professor of law at The John Marshall Law School, where he taught a course in advanced real estate transactions.
Jeffrey A. Usow,
Partner
Mayer Brown, Chicago
He is a firm practice leader in the Real Estate Group. He represents a number of investment advisors, real estate private investment funds, real estate investment trusts and real estate operating companies in a variety of matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, forward commitments and asset management activities.
Jade E. Newburn,
Mayer Brown, Chicago
He represents real estate investment trusts, insurance companies, pension funds, opportunity funds, developers, investors and lenders in a variety of office, retail, medical office building and industrial real estate transactions. He has experience representing equity investors and developers in the creation of joint ventures for the purpose of acquiring, developing and managing real estate assets.
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Customer Reviews
I appreciated that there was a great deal of current case law on the subject and the speakers were concise and informative.
Thomas G. Mancuso
Haskell Slaughter
The program covered a fair amount of material in a short time period.
Dawn Sharff
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Very good current, practical and applicable discussion and information provided.
Matthew Moore
Clawson & Staubes, LLC
The presentation was not too long, but included a great deal of information. The speakers kept to their times and provided an opportunity for questions at the end.
Amy E. McShane
Phillips Lytle LLP
The seminar was very insightful with a terrific grasp of the relevant case law and legal issues.
Gregory Fox
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP
Real Estate Law Advisory Board
Partner
Alston & Bird
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Partner
Robinson & Cole
Of Counsel
Jenner & Block
Partner
Bryan Cave
Of Counsel
K&L Gates
Counsel
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Partner
Jones Day
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