David A. Freedman

• Represented an investment bank on a $387 million loan origination secured by a luxury multifamily development in New York, NY. Structuring included a subordinate mezzanine loan. The loan was sold into a single asset securitization.
• Represented an investment bank, as the administrative agent and lead lender, on a $275 million debt stack secured by the U.S. corporate headquarters of a global Fortune 500 company in Arlington, VA.  Structuring included a syndicated senior loan structure and two layers of subordinate mezzanine debt.
• Represented an investment bank in the origination of two CMBS loans, with aggregate value of $300 million, to subsidiaries of a reputable development firm on the west coast. Each loan was secured by a class A telecom office building in northern California and each deal was sold into a conduit CMBS transaction, including the sale of loan-specific rake bonds.
• Represented a private equity firm in originating the mezzanine portion of a ground-up construction loan, debt stack of $168.5 million, secured by the headquarters of a super-regional bank in Baltimore’s inner harbor. Structuring included an EB5 component in the capital stack.
• Represented an investment bank in originating a trio of syndicated mortgage loans, with an aggregate value of over $400 million, for the benefit of a well-known private development firm in New York, NY. Each loan was secured by a transitional asset in Manhattan or Brooklyn and included future advance components for renovation and lease-up. Subordinate mezzanine components were included on two of the loans.
• Represented an investment bank on the origination of $365 million in CMBS mortgage debt secured by three office towers in downtown Chicago owned by a publicly traded insurance company.
• Represented a special servicer in restructuring a defaulted CMBS loan secured by a hotel property in New York, NY.

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.

David received his J.D. from New York University in 2005. 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)