Distressed Real Estate Group
Lenders and real estate owners alike are focused on the more than $1.5 trillion of U.S. commercial real estate debt estimated to come due for repayment by December 31, 2025. The current climate — consisting of this avalanche of maturing debt, decreased property values across various asset classes, increased operating costs and the recent rise in interest rates, among other market headwinds — has caused unpredictability and hesitancy in the commercial real estate landscape and the businesses that service this sector of the economy.
In the midst of this volatility, Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. has formed a “Distressed Real Estate Group” intended to be a leading force in assisting and advising those seeking to navigate the current distressed commercial real estate market in and around New York City. Through the “Distressed Real Estate Group,” R&E has assembled a multi- disciplinary team of attorneys with substantial experience in every aspect of the transactional and litigation areas affecting distressed real estate to provide comprehensive, “one stop “legal support for those clients seeking to preserve assets or otherwise take advantage of opportunities in the current distressed market landscape.
We will help clients across a range of matters including:
- Acquisition and sales of distressed real estate of all asset classes
- Acquisition and sales of distressed commercial real estate loans, including financing distressed debt acquisitions
- Loan workouts and restructurings
- Repositioning of distressed projects
- Intercreditor disputes
- Valuation disputes
- Corporate governance disputes
- Partnership and LLC disputes
- Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
- Mortgage loan Foreclosure
- UCC (Mezzanine Loan) Foreclosure
- Chapter 11 and bankruptcy-related litigation
- Debtor-in-possession (DIP) Financing
- Chapter 11 Reorganization Plans and Cram-downs
- Official and ad hoc creditor committee representation
- Bankruptcy Code Section 363 and Chapter 11 plan real estate sales
R&E’s Experience with Distressed Real Estate
With 50 years of experience as an advisor to the commercial real estate sector, R&E attorneys have seen every part of the commercial real estate cycle, from prosperity to distress. This long track record of establishing and cultivating meaningful relationships with prominent real estate stakeholders and organizations in the New York City area, provides R&E with the insight and experience needed to advise and assist at every stage of the distressed real estate market cycle. The collective experience of R&E’s distressed real estate team enables us to provide advice concerning current market forces so that our clients can not only meet, but overcome, the challenges presented in this distressed market, and take advantage of the opportunities that always present themselves through real estate distress.
Distressed Real Estate Team
R&E’s multi-disciplinary Distressed Real Estate Group is comprised of attorneys from the R&E’s Real Estate, Litigation, Administrative Law, Corporate, Regulatory Due Diligence, Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice areas. This group of experienced attorneys covers every legal discipline impacted by the distressed real estate market from the inception of a transaction or a litigation through its conclusion. R&E’s distressed real estate legal team is uniquely positioned to help clients take full advantage of opportunities and succeed in the face of the risks associated with the current distress in the commercial real estate marketplace. Our client-focused team has a well-earned reputation in the marketplace for being able to handle every aspect of the real estate deal cycle and is able to draw upon decades of experience representing real estate stakeholders faced with distress.