Evan M.Holst
Counsel
Real Estate
eholst@seyfarth.com

Evan focuses on commercial real estate finance law, helping clients close new mortgage loan originations for CMBS and CLO execution.
More About Evan
Evan advises clients on the legal matters involved in the closing of commercial real estate transactions, including financing, acquisition, disposition, leasing, and development matters. Evan has extensive experience working with lenders and borrowers, purchasers and sellers, and landlords and tenants across diversified asset types: retail, office, industrial, multifamily, hospitality, self-storage, and more. He has closed hundreds of transactions involving complex financing and investment structures, particularly commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) transactions.
- JD, Wake Forest University School of Law
- BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- North Carolina
- US District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
- US District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- US District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) (2025)
- Young Catholic Professionals, Charlotte, NC, board member
- St. Ann Catholic Church, parishioner
Evan focuses on commercial real estate finance law, helping clients close new mortgage loan originations for CMBS and CLO execution.
More About Evan
Evan advises clients on the legal matters involved in the closing of commercial real estate transactions, including financing, acquisition, disposition, leasing, and development matters. Evan has extensive experience working with lenders and borrowers, purchasers and sellers, and landlords and tenants across diversified asset types: retail, office, industrial, multifamily, hospitality, self-storage, and more. He has closed hundreds of transactions involving complex financing and investment structures, particularly commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) transactions.
- JD, Wake Forest University School of Law
- BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- North Carolina
- US District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
- US District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- US District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) (2025)
- Young Catholic Professionals, Charlotte, NC, board member
- St. Ann Catholic Church, parishioner