Jeremy B. Simon

Jeremy Simon is a counsel in the firm’s Real Estate Industry group, specializing in various matters throughout the vertically-integrated real estate capital cycle and with a particular focus on the representation of lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate financing transactions (at various tiers in the capital stack and for various purposes (e.g., pre-development, development, construction, bridge or acquisition)), accompanying secondary financings and navigating distressed assets along with the exercise of remedies or consummation of complexly structured workouts associated therewith. Jeremy also has material experience in sponsor-side private investment fund formation, with a focus on real estate debt and equity vehicles, in the negotiation of joint-venture relationships established to acquire a broad-range of real-property assets, and in the representation of clients in purchase and sale transactions. 

While attending law school, Jeremy served as an Article Editor of the Annual Survey of American Law.

Jeremy's recent experience includes representing:

• An asset manager in the acquisition of a $300 million mortgage loan with respect to a distressed retail shopping facility located in New York as well as an associated joint venture, co-lending relationship and workout
• A nationally-recognized real estate investment and advisory firm in the origination of a $50 million take-out financing loan related to a hospitality asset in Georgia
• A debt platform in the origination of a $35 million pre-development loan related to a hospitality asset in Florida
• An asset manager in conducting a UCC foreclosure in connection with its mezzanine loan relating to an office building located in New York, New York
• A publicly-traded REIT in the origination of a $150 million delayed draw loan relating to a casino property located in Illinois
• The investment advisory arm of a national bank in the origination of a $54 million mezzanine loan relating to an office building in Texas
• Various lenders in connection with the negotiation of secondary financing structures, including note-on-note financings and participation arrangements
• Various lenders in connection with the workout of non-performing loans and preferred equity investments, including advising clients on available remedies and other strategies
• A market-leading real estate investment and advisory firm in the approximately $147 million sale of an office building in New York
• A registered investment advisor in the launch of a core-lending debt platform targeting a $2 billion raise
• An institutional fund sponsor in connection with the negotiation of an asset purchase, joint venture and various other matters related to the largest ever office-to-residential conversion in the U.S.