Arren S.Goldman
Partner
Real Estate Finance
asgoldman@seyfarth.com
Arren concentrates his practice in commercial real estate transactions. He is co-lead of Seyfarth’s Distressed Situations team and the pro bono chair of the firm’s Charlotte office.
More About Arren
Arren concentrates his practice in commercial real estate financing transactions.
Arren is heavily involved with distressed asset situations. He has worked on many loan workouts and restructurings. He is co-lead of Seyfarth’s Distressed Situations team.
Arren also represents lenders, developers, owners, and investors in a variety of complex real estate financing transactions. Additionally, Arren represents loan servicers in connection with a wide array of loan servicing matters, including transfer of ownership matters (such as non-permitted equity transfers and loan assumptions), property substitutions, and leasing-related matters.
Throughout his career, Arren has closed numerous acquisition, permanent, interim/bridge, construction, and mezzanine loans. He also has led teams that have closed over $1 billion in mortgage loans, secured by various properties around the country, many for securitization in the capital markets, and has worked on syndicated and participated loan transactions.
The pro bono chair of the firm’s Charlotte office and a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, Arren has represented various nonprofit organizations in connection with leasing and other real estate matters, including a children’s museum, a ballet company, a dance organization, an organization that provides support services to children in need, and a group that encourages corporate philanthropy.
- JD, Rutgers Law School
- BA, Brandeis University
Magna cum laude
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
Related Services
- Loan workouts/restructurings (pre-negotiation agreements, default/reservation of rights letters, forbearance agreements and loan modifications) involving, among others, three permanent loans secured by hotels in New York ($72 million, $50 million and $30 million), two permanent loans secured by office buildings in Texas ($330 million and $188 million), two construction loans secured by hotels in New York ($131 million and $32 million), two construction/renovation loans secured by hotels in Florida ($51 million and $37 million), a bridge loan secured by an industrial and office park in Colorado ($24.5 million), a construction loan secured by a mixed use project and vacant land in Manhattan ($102 million) and a permanent loan secured by a hotel in California ($12 million).
- Loan sale and deed-in-lieu agreements involving, among others, the sale of a $93.4 million mortgage loan and $8.5 million mezzanine loan with respect to an office building in Illinois, the sale of a $5.5 million mortgage loan secured by a multi-family building in New York, a deed-in-lieu agreement for a $4.8 million loan secured by a portfolio of properties in New York and a deed-in-lieu agreement regarding a $14.7 million loan secured by a health care facility in Illinois.
- A loan servicing matter involving the assumption of (a) an $1.17 billion loan (along with $130 million mezzanine loan) in connection with the sale of 8 leasehold interests in life science buildings located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, (b) a $780 million loan in connection with the sale, for $1.3 billion, of a landmark office building in Chicago, Illinois and (c) a $560 million loan in connection with the sale, for $1.1 billion, of a building in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Numerous additional loan assumptions involving, among numerous other properties, a mixed use building in Manhattan, a portfolio of campus apartments in Pennsylvania, hotels in Florida, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, and California, shopping malls in Oregon, Utah, Florida, Maryland, California and New Jersey, a multifamily project in New York, an industrial building in Texas, a research facility in Massachusetts and numerous office buildings throughout the United States.
- Non-permitted equity transfer requests with respect to, among others, a six-loan, $92 million loan portfolio secured by 30 properties located around the country, a loan portfolio totaling over $1.6 billion secured by 22 shopping centers located in 11 states, a $6 billion loan portfolio secured by 44 shopping centers throughout the United States, a loan portfolio valued over $3 billion secured by over 40 office buildings throughout the United States, and a $98 million loan portfolio secured by five office buildings located in three states.
- A consent request for a non-permitted preferred equity investment with respect to an office building in Manhattan encumbered by a $110 million CMBS mortgage loan.
- Numerous other loan servicing (consent) matters for CMBS and portfolio loans involving, among other matters, land swaps, guarantor replacements, partial releases, equity transfers, property manager substitutions/sub-manager arrangements, easement and leasing matters (such as subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements and related reserve agreements), loan extensions and interest rate hedge substitutions.
- Bridge and permanent loans (including syndicated, participated, CMBS and portfolio loans) and construction loans (ground-up and renovation) secured by fee and leasehold interests in properties throughout the United States including, among others, a $260 million loan secured by a mixed use building in Boston, a $45.6 million syndicated bridge loan secured by a multi-family complex in Florida, a $53 million construction loan with a permanent loan component secured by a retail and office center in Tennessee, a $54.5 million syndicated bridge loan secured by a 47-building multi-family project (owned by tenants-in-common) in North Carolina, a $55 million permanent loan secured by a multi-family development in California, and two construction loans ($65 million and $44 million) secured by office buildings in Washington and Oregon.
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- Recommended Attorney, Real Estate Finance, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2021-2022, 2024)
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Servicers Forum
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- Co-Author, "Anatomy of a Commercial Mortgage Loan Workout," PREA Quarterly (Summer 2023)
- Co-Author, “U.S. DOL Releases Final Overtime Rule—Effective July 2024,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 23, 2024)
- Co-Author, "North Carolina Stay-at-Home Order Issued: What It May Mean For Real Estate-Related Activities," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 28, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Amending Building Loan Contracts in New York in the Wake of COVID-19-Related Closures of Local Recorders’ and Clerks’ Offices," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 27, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Key Considerations Regarding Electronic Signatures, Remote Online Notarizations and Electronic Recording in Commercial Real Estate Transactions Amidst COVID-19," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 25, 2020)
- Author, "Key Considerations for Commercial Mortgage Loan Modifications," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Forbearance Principles and Practice," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 19, 2020)
- Author, "Key Considerations for Default Notices/Reservation of Rights Letters for Defaulted Commercial Mortgage Loans," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 19, 2020)
- Author, “Commercial Mortgage Loan Modifications: Looking Beyond the Basic Terms,” Real Estate Finance Journal (Spring 2019)
- Co-Author, “Navigating the Choppy Waters of the CMBS Loan Assumption Process: Ten Ways to Bring Calm to the Storm,” Real Estate Finance Journal (Summer 2017)
- Co-Author, "Can and Will Be Used Against You: The Importance of Pre-Negotiation Agreements for Troubled Commercial Loans," Real Estate Finance Journal (Spring 2017)
- Co-Author, “Changes in Washington: How They May Affect Real Estate,” PREA Quarterly (Pension Real Estate Association) (Winter 2017)
- Co-Author, “The Impact of High Volatility Commercial Real Estate Rules on EB-5 Investments,” NES Financial’s Experts E-Book (July 25, 2016)
- Co-Author, "Master Servicers and Special Servicers: A Basic Overview," Real Estate Finance Journal (Fall/Winter 2014)
- Co-Author, "The End of the Reagan Era of Deregulation and Worship of the Free Market," Andrews Publications' Securities Litigation and Regulation Report and Financial Crisis Special Report (December 2008)
- Author, “Digging Deeper: What You Need to Know About the Recently Expanded Grantee Fee (Mansion Tax) and the New Transferee Tax,” The Middlesex Advocate (September 2006) and NJPA Real Estate Journal (September 2006)
- Author, “Landowners, Developers and Real Estate Professionals Beware: The Evolution of the Land Merger Doctrine in New Jersey,” The Middlesex Advocate (May 2006) and NJPA Real Estate Journal (June 2006)
- Author, “Carbon Monoxide Sensor Devices: The New Regulations,” Community Trends (June 2003) and Exhibit A (Spring 2003)
- Author, “The Silent Killer…and What the Government Is Doing to Stop It,” New Jersey Realtor Magazine (Spring 1999), The Middlesex Advocate (May 1999) and Exhibit A (Summer 1999)
- Co-Author, “Natural Resource Damage Recovery,” New Jersey Law Journal (July 10, 2000)
- Co-Author, “When to Redevelop,” New Jersey Law Journal (March 1999)
- Co-Author, “Legal Theories for Challenging Downzoning,” Exhibit A (Summer 1999)
- Speaker, “The Property Line: Safeguarding Your Deals from Title and Wire Fraud,” Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 3, 2024)
- Moderator, "Closing Catastrophes - War Stories and Workarounds," MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 20, 2024)
- Moderator, "Finance and Investment Outlook," Bisnow's What to Expect for the Queen City in 2024: Tenant Centric Decision Making, Defining Projects and Mixed-Use Emergence, Charlotte, NC (November 9, 2023)
- Presenter, "Borrower Communications During an Economic Downturn," Presentation to National Commercial Mortgage Loan Servicer, Charlotte, NC (November 1, 2023)
- Speaker, "Loan Workouts: Less Stress With Distressed – Commercial Mortgage Loan Workouts," ICSC+U.S. LAW Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (October 27, 2023)
- Presenter, "Special Servicers/Special Assets: Managing All the Underwater Property & Determining Workout Paths," IMN's Distressed Commercial Real Estate Forum, New York, NY (September 26, 2023)
- Co-Speaker, "The Property Line: Feeling Distressed? It’s Time to Work it Out," Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 29, 2023)
- Co-Speaker, "The Property Line: Redefining Troubled Waters - Navigating Distressed Loans in Today's Market," Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 24, 2023)
- Moderator, "Receiverships: Pitfalls, Pointers and War Stories," CLE Presentation to Loan Servicing Division of National Real Estate Finance and Investment Company (May 18, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "The Impact of Special Servicers," Mortgage Banker Association's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference (May 11, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Bankruptcy Basics," CLE Presentation for International Institutional Lender (February 22, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Marijuana and Real Estate in 2022: What Every CRE Professional Should Know," Mortgage Bankers Association Webinar (October 19, 2022)
- Panelist, "Learning Lab: Dissecting Difficult Loan Documents," MBA’s Commercial and Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference (May 17, 2022)
- Panelist, "Early Stages of a Commercial Loan Workout: Pre-Negotiation Agreements and Other Key Considerations," Strafford Webinar (May 5, 2022)
- Facilitator, "Loan Workout Strategies for Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Economies," ICSC's 2021 US Shopping Center Law Conference, San Francisco, CA (November 5, 2021)
- Moderator, "'Suite' Times Ahead or 'Inn' for More Trouble," Webinar regarding Opportunities and Challenges in the Recovering Hospitality Sector, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 6, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "Institutional Lenders: The Evolution of Thinking from March, 2020 to March 2021," Seyfarth In-House Hospitality Panel (March 17, 2021)
- Moderator, "Commercial/Multifamily: Market Distress and Loan Workouts," MBA Webinar (February 24, 2021)
- Speaker, The Property Line Podcast - Season 2: Real Estate Financing During the Pandemic
- Episode 4: Loan Modifications – Current Landscape and Sector Trends (February 1, 2021)
- Episode 5: Nuts and Bolts of Loan Modifications (February 8, 2021)
- Moderator, "Opinion Letters," Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Event, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 17, 2020)
- Co-Presenter, "COVID-19 and Commercial Mortgage Loans: Lender/Servicer and Borrower/Guarantor Perspectives and Insights," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 1, 2020); Webinar Recording
- Co-Presenter, "The Ins and Outs of Non-Recourse Mortgage Loan Guaranties," 2019 ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2019)
- Presenter, "Insights Regarding Non-Recourse Carve-Out Guaranties," In-House Presentation to Three Offices of an International Investment Management Company (January 23, 2019)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Don’t Assume Anything: Navigating the Loan Assumption Process and its Pitfalls," 2018 ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2018)
- Moderator, "Restructuring Complex Loans," Trigild Spring Lender Conference, Dallas, TX (April 20, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, "Construction Loan Documentation," Three-Part, Three-City Presentation for Major Institutional Lender (February 1, 2017, February 8, 2017 and February 15, 2017)
- Panelist, "Unique Issues for Balance Sheet Lenders," Trigild Fall Lender Conference (October 6, 2016)
- Presenter, "Recent Servicing Challenges," In-House Presentation for Major CMBS Loan Servicer (August 11, 2016)
- Co-Presenter, "Lease Abstracts," Seyfarth Shaw LLP Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Event (July 19, 2013 and March 19, 2015)
- Presenter, "Negotiating Recourse Carve-Out Guaranties," Seyfarth Shaw LLP In-House Lecture (October 23, 2012)
- Presenter, "The Role of Permits, Licenses and Approvals in Commercial Real Estate Financing Transactions," Lorman Education, East Hanover, NJ (2005)
- Presenter, "The Pitfalls in Commercial Real Estate Contracts," In-House Seminar for major New Jersey Real Estate Firm, Wyckoff, NJ (2005)
- Quoted, "Uptown's One Wells Fargo goes into receivership after default on $157M loan," Charlotte Business Journal (October 23, 2023)
Arren concentrates his practice in commercial real estate transactions. He is co-lead of Seyfarth’s Distressed Situations team and the pro bono chair of the firm’s Charlotte office.
More About Arren
Arren concentrates his practice in commercial real estate financing transactions.
Arren is heavily involved with distressed asset situations. He has worked on many loan workouts and restructurings. He is co-lead of Seyfarth’s Distressed Situations team.
Arren also represents lenders, developers, owners, and investors in a variety of complex real estate financing transactions. Additionally, Arren represents loan servicers in connection with a wide array of loan servicing matters, including transfer of ownership matters (such as non-permitted equity transfers and loan assumptions), property substitutions, and leasing-related matters.
Throughout his career, Arren has closed numerous acquisition, permanent, interim/bridge, construction, and mezzanine loans. He also has led teams that have closed over $1 billion in mortgage loans, secured by various properties around the country, many for securitization in the capital markets, and has worked on syndicated and participated loan transactions.
The pro bono chair of the firm’s Charlotte office and a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, Arren has represented various nonprofit organizations in connection with leasing and other real estate matters, including a children’s museum, a ballet company, a dance organization, an organization that provides support services to children in need, and a group that encourages corporate philanthropy.
- JD, Rutgers Law School
- BA, Brandeis University
Magna cum laude
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
Related Services
- Loan workouts/restructurings (pre-negotiation agreements, default/reservation of rights letters, forbearance agreements and loan modifications) involving, among others, three permanent loans secured by hotels in New York ($72 million, $50 million and $30 million), two permanent loans secured by office buildings in Texas ($330 million and $188 million), two construction loans secured by hotels in New York ($131 million and $32 million), two construction/renovation loans secured by hotels in Florida ($51 million and $37 million), a bridge loan secured by an industrial and office park in Colorado ($24.5 million), a construction loan secured by a mixed use project and vacant land in Manhattan ($102 million) and a permanent loan secured by a hotel in California ($12 million).
- Loan sale and deed-in-lieu agreements involving, among others, the sale of a $93.4 million mortgage loan and $8.5 million mezzanine loan with respect to an office building in Illinois, the sale of a $5.5 million mortgage loan secured by a multi-family building in New York, a deed-in-lieu agreement for a $4.8 million loan secured by a portfolio of properties in New York and a deed-in-lieu agreement regarding a $14.7 million loan secured by a health care facility in Illinois.
- A loan servicing matter involving the assumption of (a) an $1.17 billion loan (along with $130 million mezzanine loan) in connection with the sale of 8 leasehold interests in life science buildings located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, (b) a $780 million loan in connection with the sale, for $1.3 billion, of a landmark office building in Chicago, Illinois and (c) a $560 million loan in connection with the sale, for $1.1 billion, of a building in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Numerous additional loan assumptions involving, among numerous other properties, a mixed use building in Manhattan, a portfolio of campus apartments in Pennsylvania, hotels in Florida, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, and California, shopping malls in Oregon, Utah, Florida, Maryland, California and New Jersey, a multifamily project in New York, an industrial building in Texas, a research facility in Massachusetts and numerous office buildings throughout the United States.
- Non-permitted equity transfer requests with respect to, among others, a six-loan, $92 million loan portfolio secured by 30 properties located around the country, a loan portfolio totaling over $1.6 billion secured by 22 shopping centers located in 11 states, a $6 billion loan portfolio secured by 44 shopping centers throughout the United States, a loan portfolio valued over $3 billion secured by over 40 office buildings throughout the United States, and a $98 million loan portfolio secured by five office buildings located in three states.
- A consent request for a non-permitted preferred equity investment with respect to an office building in Manhattan encumbered by a $110 million CMBS mortgage loan.
- Numerous other loan servicing (consent) matters for CMBS and portfolio loans involving, among other matters, land swaps, guarantor replacements, partial releases, equity transfers, property manager substitutions/sub-manager arrangements, easement and leasing matters (such as subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements and related reserve agreements), loan extensions and interest rate hedge substitutions.
- Bridge and permanent loans (including syndicated, participated, CMBS and portfolio loans) and construction loans (ground-up and renovation) secured by fee and leasehold interests in properties throughout the United States including, among others, a $260 million loan secured by a mixed use building in Boston, a $45.6 million syndicated bridge loan secured by a multi-family complex in Florida, a $53 million construction loan with a permanent loan component secured by a retail and office center in Tennessee, a $54.5 million syndicated bridge loan secured by a 47-building multi-family project (owned by tenants-in-common) in North Carolina, a $55 million permanent loan secured by a multi-family development in California, and two construction loans ($65 million and $44 million) secured by office buildings in Washington and Oregon.
Related News & Insights
-
Podcast
Sep 3, 2024
The Property Line: Safeguarding Your Deals from Title and Wire Fraud
-
Speaking Engagement
May 20, 2024
Katie Schwarting, Saadia Ghazi, and Arren Goldman to Speak at MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference
-
Seyfarth Event
May 8, 2024
Seyfarth Hosts Expert Panel on Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solutions for Distressed Real Estate
-
Webinar
May 8, 2024
Webinar: Expert Panel - Stories from the Front Lines: Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solutions for Distressed Real Estate
- Recommended Attorney, Real Estate Finance, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2021-2022, 2024)
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Servicers Forum
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- Co-Author, "Anatomy of a Commercial Mortgage Loan Workout," PREA Quarterly (Summer 2023)
- Co-Author, “U.S. DOL Releases Final Overtime Rule—Effective July 2024,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 23, 2024)
- Co-Author, "North Carolina Stay-at-Home Order Issued: What It May Mean For Real Estate-Related Activities," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 28, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Amending Building Loan Contracts in New York in the Wake of COVID-19-Related Closures of Local Recorders’ and Clerks’ Offices," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 27, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Key Considerations Regarding Electronic Signatures, Remote Online Notarizations and Electronic Recording in Commercial Real Estate Transactions Amidst COVID-19," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 25, 2020)
- Author, "Key Considerations for Commercial Mortgage Loan Modifications," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Forbearance Principles and Practice," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 19, 2020)
- Author, "Key Considerations for Default Notices/Reservation of Rights Letters for Defaulted Commercial Mortgage Loans," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 19, 2020)
- Author, “Commercial Mortgage Loan Modifications: Looking Beyond the Basic Terms,” Real Estate Finance Journal (Spring 2019)
- Co-Author, “Navigating the Choppy Waters of the CMBS Loan Assumption Process: Ten Ways to Bring Calm to the Storm,” Real Estate Finance Journal (Summer 2017)
- Co-Author, "Can and Will Be Used Against You: The Importance of Pre-Negotiation Agreements for Troubled Commercial Loans," Real Estate Finance Journal (Spring 2017)
- Co-Author, “Changes in Washington: How They May Affect Real Estate,” PREA Quarterly (Pension Real Estate Association) (Winter 2017)
- Co-Author, “The Impact of High Volatility Commercial Real Estate Rules on EB-5 Investments,” NES Financial’s Experts E-Book (July 25, 2016)
- Co-Author, "Master Servicers and Special Servicers: A Basic Overview," Real Estate Finance Journal (Fall/Winter 2014)
- Co-Author, "The End of the Reagan Era of Deregulation and Worship of the Free Market," Andrews Publications' Securities Litigation and Regulation Report and Financial Crisis Special Report (December 2008)
- Author, “Digging Deeper: What You Need to Know About the Recently Expanded Grantee Fee (Mansion Tax) and the New Transferee Tax,” The Middlesex Advocate (September 2006) and NJPA Real Estate Journal (September 2006)
- Author, “Landowners, Developers and Real Estate Professionals Beware: The Evolution of the Land Merger Doctrine in New Jersey,” The Middlesex Advocate (May 2006) and NJPA Real Estate Journal (June 2006)
- Author, “Carbon Monoxide Sensor Devices: The New Regulations,” Community Trends (June 2003) and Exhibit A (Spring 2003)
- Author, “The Silent Killer…and What the Government Is Doing to Stop It,” New Jersey Realtor Magazine (Spring 1999), The Middlesex Advocate (May 1999) and Exhibit A (Summer 1999)
- Co-Author, “Natural Resource Damage Recovery,” New Jersey Law Journal (July 10, 2000)
- Co-Author, “When to Redevelop,” New Jersey Law Journal (March 1999)
- Co-Author, “Legal Theories for Challenging Downzoning,” Exhibit A (Summer 1999)
- Speaker, “The Property Line: Safeguarding Your Deals from Title and Wire Fraud,” Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 3, 2024)
- Moderator, "Closing Catastrophes - War Stories and Workarounds," MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA (May 20, 2024)
- Moderator, "Finance and Investment Outlook," Bisnow's What to Expect for the Queen City in 2024: Tenant Centric Decision Making, Defining Projects and Mixed-Use Emergence, Charlotte, NC (November 9, 2023)
- Presenter, "Borrower Communications During an Economic Downturn," Presentation to National Commercial Mortgage Loan Servicer, Charlotte, NC (November 1, 2023)
- Speaker, "Loan Workouts: Less Stress With Distressed – Commercial Mortgage Loan Workouts," ICSC+U.S. LAW Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (October 27, 2023)
- Presenter, "Special Servicers/Special Assets: Managing All the Underwater Property & Determining Workout Paths," IMN's Distressed Commercial Real Estate Forum, New York, NY (September 26, 2023)
- Co-Speaker, "The Property Line: Feeling Distressed? It’s Time to Work it Out," Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 29, 2023)
- Co-Speaker, "The Property Line: Redefining Troubled Waters - Navigating Distressed Loans in Today's Market," Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 24, 2023)
- Moderator, "Receiverships: Pitfalls, Pointers and War Stories," CLE Presentation to Loan Servicing Division of National Real Estate Finance and Investment Company (May 18, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "The Impact of Special Servicers," Mortgage Banker Association's Commercial/Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference (May 11, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Bankruptcy Basics," CLE Presentation for International Institutional Lender (February 22, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Marijuana and Real Estate in 2022: What Every CRE Professional Should Know," Mortgage Bankers Association Webinar (October 19, 2022)
- Panelist, "Learning Lab: Dissecting Difficult Loan Documents," MBA’s Commercial and Multifamily Finance Servicing and Technology Conference (May 17, 2022)
- Panelist, "Early Stages of a Commercial Loan Workout: Pre-Negotiation Agreements and Other Key Considerations," Strafford Webinar (May 5, 2022)
- Facilitator, "Loan Workout Strategies for Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Economies," ICSC's 2021 US Shopping Center Law Conference, San Francisco, CA (November 5, 2021)
- Moderator, "'Suite' Times Ahead or 'Inn' for More Trouble," Webinar regarding Opportunities and Challenges in the Recovering Hospitality Sector, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 6, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "Institutional Lenders: The Evolution of Thinking from March, 2020 to March 2021," Seyfarth In-House Hospitality Panel (March 17, 2021)
- Moderator, "Commercial/Multifamily: Market Distress and Loan Workouts," MBA Webinar (February 24, 2021)
- Speaker, The Property Line Podcast - Season 2: Real Estate Financing During the Pandemic
- Episode 4: Loan Modifications – Current Landscape and Sector Trends (February 1, 2021)
- Episode 5: Nuts and Bolts of Loan Modifications (February 8, 2021)
- Moderator, "Opinion Letters," Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Event, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 17, 2020)
- Co-Presenter, "COVID-19 and Commercial Mortgage Loans: Lender/Servicer and Borrower/Guarantor Perspectives and Insights," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 1, 2020); Webinar Recording
- Co-Presenter, "The Ins and Outs of Non-Recourse Mortgage Loan Guaranties," 2019 ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2019)
- Presenter, "Insights Regarding Non-Recourse Carve-Out Guaranties," In-House Presentation to Three Offices of an International Investment Management Company (January 23, 2019)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Don’t Assume Anything: Navigating the Loan Assumption Process and its Pitfalls," 2018 ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2018)
- Moderator, "Restructuring Complex Loans," Trigild Spring Lender Conference, Dallas, TX (April 20, 2017)
- Co-Presenter, "Construction Loan Documentation," Three-Part, Three-City Presentation for Major Institutional Lender (February 1, 2017, February 8, 2017 and February 15, 2017)
- Panelist, "Unique Issues for Balance Sheet Lenders," Trigild Fall Lender Conference (October 6, 2016)
- Presenter, "Recent Servicing Challenges," In-House Presentation for Major CMBS Loan Servicer (August 11, 2016)
- Co-Presenter, "Lease Abstracts," Seyfarth Shaw LLP Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Event (July 19, 2013 and March 19, 2015)
- Presenter, "Negotiating Recourse Carve-Out Guaranties," Seyfarth Shaw LLP In-House Lecture (October 23, 2012)
- Presenter, "The Role of Permits, Licenses and Approvals in Commercial Real Estate Financing Transactions," Lorman Education, East Hanover, NJ (2005)
- Presenter, "The Pitfalls in Commercial Real Estate Contracts," In-House Seminar for major New Jersey Real Estate Firm, Wyckoff, NJ (2005)
- Quoted, "Uptown's One Wells Fargo goes into receivership after default on $157M loan," Charlotte Business Journal (October 23, 2023)