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Jeff Temple was interviewed by Andrew McIntyre, editor-at-large for Law360 Real Estate Authority, to discuss the state of...

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Jeff Temple was interviewed by Andrew McIntyre, editor-at-large for Law360 Real Estate Authority, to discuss the state of commercial real estate lending, the rise of nonbank debt funds, and the impact of the current tariff war on real estate financing.Jeff noted, “One of the significant trends in the market is new debt funds popping up, being able to successfully raise capital, more competition among them. And then they're competing, of course, with the traditional banks and insurance companies. And they've been successfully capturing a larger market share, and I would expect that that will continue for some time.”Read the <a href="https://www.law360.com/real-estate-authority/articles/2336416" target="_blank">Law360 article</a>. Subscription required

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Jeff Temple is the co-chair of the firm’s U.S. Real Estate Group and has over 35 years of experience representing a broad spectrum of clients making investments in, acquiring, financing, developing, operating, and selling large commercial real estate assets. He regularly advises institutional lenders, private equity investors, investment fund sponsors, REITs, foreign investors, and family offices.Leading lenders and borrowers call on Jeff for representation in complex, multi-tiered finance transactions and credit facilities of all types, including transactions involving the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, as well as the acquisition and sale of loans and loan portfolios. Jeff regularly represents financial institutions, REITs, and private equity funds in connection with syndicated credit facilities (secured and unsecured), construction loans, preferred equity investments, A/B notes and participation arrangements, mezzanine financings, note purchase transactions, note financings, and intercreditor and co-lending arrangements involving major office, residential, industrial, retail, hospitality, and mixed-use projects.Jeff also regularly represents institutional domestic and foreign investors in large-scale acquisitions and dispositions of a wide variety of U.S. commercial assets, and the structuring and documentation of strategic and programmatic joint ventures, sale/leaseback transactions, and direct investments in U.S. real estate assets. He has also guided a variety of sponsors and family offices in the establishment of real estate funds and various private placements and other alternative capital raising structures. Jeff also actively represents U.S. opportunity fund investors making strategic acquisitions and forming joint ventures with local partners in Europe and Asia. His practice frequently involves the representation of foreign institutions making in-bound investments in U.S. commercial real estate, and provides guidance on the proper cross-border structuring of these investments. Following the formation of joint ventures for his clients, Jeff has continued to represent these ventures in numerous complex acquisitions, financings, and subsequent dispositions.Jeff is a member of the firm’s Distressed Real Estate Group and represents clients in a broad variety of loan restructurings and workouts, utilizing decades of experience through multiple “down cycles” to achieve creative and meaningful solutions to highly complex matters often involving adversarial situations. He has successfully completed restructurings involving billions of dollars of investments for both lenders and borrowers. He advises clients on the exercise of both UCC and mortgage remedies regarding problem loans and the restructuring of troubled joint ventures and other distressed real estate investments.He has developed a leading practice in the area of EB-5 investments and financings, having worked on transactions that have included over $2 billion of EB-5 investments. He represents both developers seeking EB-5 investments and senior lenders making secured loans with EB-5 in the capital stack.He also actively represents owners, developers, and investors in hotels, office buildings, and other commercial properties in the development, management, and leasing of such commercial properties.Jeff is the author of numerous articles and publications on fast-developing issues and trends in the real estate space, and is an active speaker in the New York real estate community and frequently moderates and participates on panels covering a broad variety of commercial real estate topics. In 2021 and 2022, Jeff was named a “Top Author” in the JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards, recognizing top authors for thought leadership. Jeff was also selected as a nationally recognized lawyer as part of Connect CRE’s 2024 Real Estate Awards and received the “recommended” distinction for Real Estate and Real Estate Finance by Legal 500.

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