Matthew M. Stayman

Matthew Stayman is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of its Real Estate Industry group. Matthew represents real estate investment funds, REITs and other owners and operators of commercial real estate in a variety of complex real estate transactions across asset classes, including sales and acquisitions (including sales and acquisitions of REIT shares), formation of joint ventures and co-investment vehicles, and preferred equity transactions. Matthew also has extensive experience representing borrowers and lenders in a variety of financing transactions including mezzanine loans, mortgage loans and note-on-note financings. Additionally, Matthew regularly represents institutional investment funds in connection with subscription secured credit facilities.

Matthew’s experience includes representing:

• A publicly traded REIT in connection with the acquisition and refinancing of a $300+ million portfolio of retail properties
• A real estate investment management client in connection with the sale of a $1.5+ billion portfolio of industrial properties
• A nationally recognized commercial real estate company in the $2+ billion sale of a major metropolitan office building
• A real estate investment management client in connection with the $100 million + sale of a portfolio of senior housing facilities and, in connection therewith, negotiation of short-sale agreements with several lenders having loans secured by such facilities
• A real estate investment management client in the formation of a co-investment vehicle with $120+ million of capital commitments for the acquisition and construction of an industrial development
• A real estate investment management client in connection with the $90+ million sale of an office property via the sale of REIT shares
• A debt fund in connection with the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans aggregating to $95+ million and, in connection therewith, obtaining note-on-note financing secured by the underlying loan
• A real estate investment management client in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture to acquire single family rental communities and, in connection therewith, the closing of the venture’s initial acquisition of a $170+ million portfolio of single family rental communities
• A real estate investment management client in connection with obtaining a $145 million financing secured by a portfolio of industrial assets
• A real estate investment management client in connection with obtaining an $80+ million construction loan for the development of a mixed-use project including restaurant, retail and office space
• A real estate investment management client in connection with securing a $300 million subscription-secured credit facility for one of its real estate investment funds
• A real estate investment management client in forming a joint venture to acquire a $140+ million portfolio of hotel properties and securing a $100+ million mortgage loan in connection therewith

While attending law school, Matthew was a note editor of the American Journal of Law & Medicine.

• Co-Author, “Subscription-Secured Credit Facilities: Recent Developments in the US Market and Considerations for Real Estate Funds,” goodwinlaw.com, April 24, 2024
• Co-Author, “Fund Finance: 2023 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2024,” goodwinlaw.com, February 22, 2024
• Co-Author, “The Impact of Technology in the Growth of the Life Sciences Industry,” goodwinlaw.com, October 14, 2020
• Interview, “Informed Outsider: A Lawyer Looks At Property Management In The Age Of COVID-19,” Institute Of Real Estate Management, October 13, 2020
• Co-Author, “Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology: Part 6: Multifamily,” goodwinlaw.com, August 19, 2020