David A. Freedman

• Represented a large investment bank on the senior portion of a $300 million debt stack secured by an office tower in Midtown Manhattan.
• Represented a large investment bank on the origination of $242 million in CMBS mortgage debt secured by two retail developments in the Midwest.
• Represented a large investment bank on the origination of $365 million in CMBS mortgage debt secured by three large towers in downtown Chicago owned by a publicly traded insurance company.
• Represented a large investment bank on the origination of a mortgage loan secured by a large resort property in South Carolina with unique and complicated features (including three separate condominium regimes, multiple golf courses, and improvements constructed on top of navigable waters).
• Represented a large investment bank on the negotiation of a series of multilayered mortgage/mezzanine intercreditor agreements among our client (as the mortgage lender) and several institutional subordinate investors relating to a debt stack exceeding $500 million secured by a pool of hospitality properties throughout the U.S.
• Represented a special servicer in restructuring a defaulted CMBS loan secured by a hotel property in New York City.

David Freedman, a partner in the New York office, is the co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Finance & Investment Group. David concentrates his practice on all aspects of commercial real estate finance. He routinely represents national banks and other institutional investors on the origination, purchase, sale, and other disposition of senior and subordinate debt secured by complex commercial properties throughout the U.S. David’s experience also extends to the representation of rating agencies in their collateral review of CMBS debt and special servicers in the servicing and workout of nonperforming commercial loans.

In 2005, David received his J.D. from New York University. He received his A.B. from the University of Chicago in 2001.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• New York University (J.D., 2005)
• The University of Chicago (A.B., 2001)