Lewis Goss II

Workouts/Restructuring

• Represented large private equity firm in a mortgage loan workout and repossession of a Washington, DC trophy office building through a membership interest purchase of the borrower
• Negotiated a deed in lieu agreement and structured acceptance of the deed for a shopping center in New Jersey
• Commenced and completed foreclosure of retail center in Indiana in satisfaction of the mortgage note
• Represented life insurance company in simultaneous foreclosure of three (3) office buildings in the downtown business district of Washington, DC

Construction/Bridge

• Washington, DC Hotel and Multifamily Mixed-Use Development: Represented bank in US$130 million mortgage loan and negotiated the intercreditor agreement with the mezzanine lender (US$61 million) for the multifamily capital stack. Represented the bank as the leverage lender (US$45 million) to the hotel mortgage loan lender (US$56 million)
• New York City Multifamily Ground Lease Redevelopment: Represented mortgage lender in project loan, building loan, and mezzanine loan. Negotiated intercreditor agreement and four-party ground lease estoppel
• Represented bank in US$121 million mall construction and redevelopment in Florida
• Represented global investment bank in US$106 million high-rise multifamily construction mortgage loan in Tennessee
• Represented global private equity firm in US$112 million bridge loan for portfolio of Class A manufactured housing developments in Dallas, TX

Sub-Debt/High Yield

• Represented debt fund on a preferred equity investment in a multifamily construction project in North Carolina
• Represented bank in US$21 million leverage loan on a US$45 million defaulted mortgage loan secured by multiple office buildings in Chicago. Leverage loan converted to mortgage loan following foreclosure on real estate
• Represented debt fund in US$45 million leverage loan on the US$49 million mortgage refinancing of a newly constructed multifamily building in New York City
• Represented private lender in mezzanine loans to private equity sponsor for acquisition of retail shopping centers in Texas and Arizona

Acquisition/Disposition Finance

• Seller Financing: Represented a global investment bank and its equity partners in the sale of a shopping mall in California and as Agent and Lender for a mortgage loan to provide seller financing to the purchaser of the asset
• Represented life insurance company in US$125 million mortgage secured by a Washington, DC Class A office building
• Represented private equity firm in US$66 million loan for a single-family scattered-site home portfolio in Georgia