Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has added two highly accomplished real estate finance attorneys to its growing Atlanta office. Joshua F. Reif and Aleksandra Strang have joined Polsinelli’s Real Estate Finance Practice Group as shareholders, continuing the firm’s growth in the Georgia capital and in one of the firm’s leading national practice areas. Both join Polsinelli from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP where they were partners in the Real Estate Capital Markets and Corporate Leveraged Finance practices focused on commercial mortgage warehouse and repurchase financing facilities.
“We are excited to welcome Josh and Alex into our practice,” said John T. Duncan III, Chair of Polsinelli’s Financial Services Division and the Real Estate Finance Practice Group. “Adding their expertise with warehouse and repo financing is an outstanding opportunity for us to further build out our deep Real Estate Finance bench and our growing presence in the Atlanta market. Their practice hits a sweet spot for our Real Estate Finance client base. They will be in high demand.”
With a career spanning private practice and an in-house position in finance and capital markets, Reif has extensive experience representing lenders, borrowers, servicers, buyers and sellers in the financing, acquisition, development, disposition and leasing of all asset classes of commercial real estate and commercial mortgage loans. He also represents bank and nonbank lenders in the origination of commercial mortgage and mezzanine loans as well as market participants in the real estate capital markets. Reif received his J.D., cum laude from the Samford University Cumberland School of Law.
“I am very excited to be joining Polsinelli’s robust real estate finance practice and I am confident that the firm’s collaborative culture, deep bench and widely recognized experience in the real estate capital markets will provide a superior platform to serve existing clients and allow me to continue to grow my practice. I am also excited to continue my partnership with Alex and contribute to the firm’s growth in the Southeast and in the Atlanta market,” Reif said.
Strang has broad experience representing banks and other financial institutions in all aspects of
commercial real estate lending, with particular experience in CMBS originations and secondary market transactions, such as warehouse lending and note trading. In addition to her finance practice, she also maintains a traditional real estate practice focused on the acquisition, disposition, development and leasing of commercial properties. Strang received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law.
“I am excited to be joining such an impressive team and take this next step in my career together with Josh. I look forward to our future here at Polsinelli,” Strang added.
Polsinelli’s Real Estate Finance Practice has the geographic footprint and depth and breadth of experience necessary to support clients with offices across the nation. Polsinelli has closed thousands of commercial mortgage loans secured by property in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, totaling over $69 billion in principal advanced. Polsinelli’s Real Estate Finance attorneys have a practical and problem-solving approach to loan origination transactions for our lender clients. They regularly represent a wide variety of commercial real estate lenders, including originating commercial real estate loans for capital markets executions (both CMBS and CLOs), mortgage REITs, insurance companies, debt funds, banks and other financial institutions and market participants in transactions of all sizes and complexities across all asset classes, including full-service resorts, office, retail, multi-family, single-family rental, mixed-use projects, storage, manufactured home parks and industrial facilities.
Source: www.polsinelli.com
