Alexandra Kelly Lewis

Alexandra Kelly Lewis is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of its Real Estate Industry group. Alexandra  represents clients in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including complex joint ventures, senior, construction and mezzanine financings (for both lenders and borrowers), and asset-level and entity-level acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to joining Goodwin in 2016, Alexandra was an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York.

Alexandra is also a member of Goodwin’s PropTech Initiative, which is focused on supporting the intersection of Real Estate and Technology through thoughtful collaboration across the two practice areas.

Alexandra’ recent experience includes representing:

• A real estate debt fund in the origination of a $275 million construction loan structured as mortgage, senior mezz and junior mezz and structured by a residential condominium project in Philadelphia, PA. Alexandra subsequently represented the debt fund in a note-on-note financing secured by the construction loan
• A real estate debt fund in the purchase of a $50 million mezzanine loan secured by condominium units in two residential buildings located in Southern Florida
• A private real estate investment firm in the sale of two mixed-use office buildings in Waltham, MA, including corporate and laboratory spaces, for a purchase price of $71 million
• A nationally recognized real estate investment manager and owner/operator in a $245 million acquisition of LLC interests in a REIT owning an office and retail building in New York City
• A publicly traded REIT in the sale of a majority interest in five Manhattan apartment communities with an aggregate asset value of more than $700 million through a joint venture transaction with a real estate investment advisor acting on behalf of a public pension fund
• A nationally recognized real estate investment manager and its joint venture in a $363+ million portfolio financing secured by six multifamily properties located across the country.
• An asset management firm and publicly traded REIT in connection with a $185 million leasehold mortgage loan secured by a ground leasehold interest in a portfolio of 52 office properties
• A publicly traded REIT in the refinancing of 16 individual, nonrecourse mortgages secured by Class A retail properties totaling approximately $663 million from four different lenders (both CMBS and life insurance companies)
• Developing a mezzanine debt and preferred equity construction lending platform on behalf of a public traded REIT and representing them in the origination of six subsequent mezzanine loans and debt-like preferred equity investments
• Representing a real estate debt fund in the origination of a $202.5 million construction loan structured secured by a mixed-use project in West Falls, Virginia, including hotel, multifamily, retail and office components, and subsequent note-on-note financing secured by the construction loan
• A nationally recognized real estate investment manager in the sale of a portfolio of multifamily buildings located across the southeast

Alexandra is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association.

While attending law school, Alexandra was a Senior Editor of the American Review of International Arbitration.