Alvin L.Kruse
Partner
Real Estate Finance
akruse@seyfarth.com
Al is a partner practicing in the areas of real estate, real estate and other secured lending, and health care.
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Al's lending experience includes serving as counsel to institutional lenders in connection with a variety of loan transactions, including construction, permanent and mezzanine loans for real estate projects, loan participations and syndications, commercial loans and loan workouts and restructurings. Al represents owners and developers of real estate projects in connection with structuring project ownership, purchase and sale transactions, development and financing. His health care experience includes counseling hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians, and other health care providers in connection with legal health care issues.
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
Cum laude
Order of the Coif
Northwestern University Law Review, board of editors - BA, Northwestern University
With distinction
Phi Beta Kappa
- Arizona
- Illinois
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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Al is a partner practicing in the areas of real estate, real estate and other secured lending, and health care.
More About Al
Al's lending experience includes serving as counsel to institutional lenders in connection with a variety of loan transactions, including construction, permanent and mezzanine loans for real estate projects, loan participations and syndications, commercial loans and loan workouts and restructurings. Al represents owners and developers of real estate projects in connection with structuring project ownership, purchase and sale transactions, development and financing. His health care experience includes counseling hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians, and other health care providers in connection with legal health care issues.
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
Cum laude
Order of the Coif
Northwestern University Law Review, board of editors - BA, Northwestern University
With distinction
Phi Beta Kappa
- Arizona
- Illinois
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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Recognition
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Recognition
06/01/2023
2023 Chambers USA Names 81 Seyfarth Lawyers as Leaders in Business Law; 36 Seyfarth Practices Also Recognized as Leaders in Their Fields
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Recognition
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- Recognized as a Notable Practitioner in Real Estate (Illinois) by Chambers USA (2014-2024)
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- American Bar Association, Business Law and Real Estate and Probate Law committees
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- Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys
- Urban Land Institute
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