About Lawrence
As a real estate and capital markets lawyer with 40 years of experience, my practice focuses on real estate, alternative energy and structured finance, with particular expertise in mezzanine financing. My experience spans a broad range of commercial real estate asset classes located throughout the United States and around the world, including a wide array of projects concerning:complex mortgage financingsacquisitions and dispositionsjoint venture formation and raising capitalsale leasebacks and credit tenant lease financingsdevelopment transactions (involving private sector and governmental parties)military housingmulti-family housingretailhotelmixed-use real estateREIT formationleasingenergy conservationwind turbine and other alternative energyOver the past 40 years, I have specialized in capital market transactions, and have represented and originated loans for major investment banks, and mezzanine loan funds, as well as for major real estate companies that have secured real estate financing. In 2007, I represented a mezzanine loan fund which formed and syndicated the last CDO mezzanine fund to close in the United States, prior to the on-set of the recent great recession.Further areas of expertise include:credit tenant financingsoffice and retail leasingreal estate syndicationscommercial condominiumstitle, zoning and subdivision analysisconstruction contractsinterest rate swapsworking with rating agenciesproject and capital financingsmezzanine debt dispositionsground leases1031 transactionsasset recoveryloan workoutsSince 1996, I have served as an adjunct law professor at Boston University, teaching a course on Securitization and Structured Finance.
As a real estate and capital markets lawyer with 40 years of experience, my practice focuses on real estate, alternative energy and structured finance, with particular expertise in mezzanine financing. My experience spans a broad range of commercial real estate asset classes located throughout the United States and around the world, including a wide array of projects concerning:complex mortgage financingsacquisitions and dispositionsjoint venture formation and raising capitalsale leasebacks and credit tenant lease financingsdevelopment transactions (involving private sector and governmental parties)military housingmulti-family housingretailhotelmixed-use real estateREIT formationleasingenergy conservationwind turbine and other alternative energyOver the past 40 years, I have specialized in capital market transactions, and have represented and originated loans for major investment banks, and mezzanine loan funds, as well as for major real estate companies that have secured real estate financing. In 2007, I represented a mezzanine loan fund which formed and syndicated the last CDO mezzanine fund to close in the United States, prior to the on-set of the recent great recession.Further areas of expertise include:credit tenant financingsoffice and retail leasingreal estate syndicationscommercial condominiumstitle, zoning and subdivision analysisconstruction contractsinterest rate swapsworking with rating agenciesproject and capital financingsmezzanine debt dispositionsground leases1031 transactionsasset recoveryloan workoutsSince 1996, I have served as an adjunct law professor at Boston University, teaching a course on Securitization and Structured Finance.
As a real estate and capital markets lawyer with 40 years of experience, my practice focuses on real estate, alternative energy and structured finance, with particular expertise in mezzanine financing. My experience spans a broad range of commercial real estate asset classes located throughout the United States and around the world, including a wide array of projects concerning:
Over the past 40 years, I have specialized in capital market transactions, and have represented and originated loans for major investment banks, and mezzanine loan funds, as well as for major real estate companies that have secured real estate financing. In 2007, I represented a mezzanine loan fund which formed and syndicated the last CDO mezzanine fund to close in the United States, prior to the on-set of the recent great recession.
Further areas of expertise include:
Since 1996, I have served as an adjunct law professor at Boston University, teaching a course on Securitization and Structured Finance.
