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Distressed Real Estate Assets -
Businesses affected by the real estate and capital market turmoil require creative solutions for disposition of distressed assets, sound advice on evaluating new opportunities, and overall legal guidance throughout these turbulent times.
Problem: The current state of the real estate and capital markets has created significant opportunities and challenges for investors of all types.
Solution: To meet those diverse needs, Baker Hostetler has organized its Distressed Real Estate Assets capabilities. This nationwide, multi-disciplinary group provides clients with direct access to experienced practitioners who regularly deal with complex financing, acquisition, disposition, restructuring, litigation and bankruptcy issues. In addition, the Distressed Real Estate Assets effort draws upon the resources of attorneys in a number of related practice areas including corporate, employment, tax, environmental and government relations to provide quality, cost-effective legal services.

Our Distressed Real Estate Assets practitioners regularly work with lenders and other financial institutions, developers, asset owners, capital investors, private equity companies, investment bankers and other parties active in this complex marketplace. For those clients, our attorneys handle a variety of matters including:

  • Analysis of reacquired assets targeted for redevelopment or sale
  • Acquisition, disposition, restructuring and development of distressed real estate, debt, lease arrangements and other financing products
  • Formation of investment structures for acquisition of assets
  • Loan workouts, forbearances, deeds-in-lieu, foreclosure proceedings and other debtor/creditor enforcement actions
  • Lender and intercreditor matters
  • Structuring, negotiating and documenting financing
  • Reorganization and liquidation in and out of bankruptcy
  • Addressing relevant tax and regulatory issues
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