Laurie Scola's transactional practice emphasizes structuring and negotiating commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Scola has extensive experience in real property secured financing, concentrating on representing banks and other institutional lenders in connection with debt investment, servicing and recovery, including direct financings (acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, conversion, bridge, subdivision, and permanent loans), participations, syndications, workouts and loan servicing matters. Ms. Scola also represents institutional clients in connection with asset investment and management matters, including leasing, construction, and acquisitions and dispositions. In addition, Ms. Scola represents banks in connection with a variety of Community Reinvestment Act matters and with tax-credit supported lending involving multiple layers of federal, state, and municipal debt, subsidies and grants.

ADMISSIONS

• California