Matthew K. Johnson

• Represented a national bank in the origination of a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $250 million that was securitized and ultimately secured by each tenant-in-common co-borrowers’ fee and leasehold interests in a New Jersey office tower, where the co-borrowers had a complex, reverse 1031 exchange capital structure.
• Represented several national banks in the joint origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans in the aggregate principal amount of $1.1 billion that was securitized and covered a portfolio of over 40 properties in 20 states.
• Represented a national bank on the senior portion of a $1 billion debt stack secured by a Times Square office tower.
• Represented multiple national banks in the joint origination of a mortgage loan in the principal amount of $150 million that was securitized and secured by each co-borrowers’ fee and leasehold interests in a New Jersey office tower and which contained unique and complicated features, including condominium regimes, air rights parcels, and a 1031 exchange.

Matthew Johnson is a senior associate in the firm’s Real Estate Finance & Investments Group and concentrates his practice in the area of commercial real estate finance.

Matthew received his J.D. with honors from George Washington University, where he was a Thurgood Marshall Scholar and worked on the George Washington International Law Review. Matthew graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2012.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia (Not Admitted)

Education

• The George Washington University (J.D., 2015)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2012)