Jon S. Robins

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Real Estate Matters: Represented the lead lender group in originating a $200 million CMBS mortgage loan secured by multi-state portfolio of full-service hotels, with aspects representing Top 10 loans in at least four different securitizations.
  Represented a global hedge fund in originating a junior mezzanine, ground-up construction loan for a mixed-use project in Brooklyn, NY, which also involved structuring
  negotiating inter-creditor arrangements with senior lenders
  negation of a participation agreement.
  Represented family offices seeking to form a joint venture
  crafting the joint venture of a preferred equity investment for the ground-up construction of an urban mixed-use development primarily featuring multi-family housing in Atlanta
  later played a key role in the subsequent sale of a preferred interest in that investment to a large private equity fund.
  Represented a major student housing provider in restructuring a $300 million mezzanine loan facility held by a sovereign wealth fund.
  Represented a hospitality investor in creating a joint venture
  acquiring, by ground lease, a development site in Texas for the development of a dual-br
  ed hotel.
  Represented a Greater Philadelphia-area borrower in a $102 million CMBS mortgage loan
  $48 million mezzanine loan to acquire, renovate,
  reposition a major historic Center City Philadelphia office building.
  Represented private equity fund in a joint venture with New Engl
  -based developers in the acquisition, redevelopment,
  conversion of a large Florida shopping mall into an outlet
  power center.
  Represented a private equity fund in acquiring a majority interest in an Atlanta multi-family property portfolio via recapitalization of the pre-existing joint venture
  redemption of prior investor partner.
  Represented a Philadelphia-based private equity fund
  its joint venture partner in selling a $35 million multi-family housing complex in North Carolina.
  Represented a New Engl
  -based capital company's subsidiary of a major global corporation in an approximately $50 million receivables purchase facility for Canadian receivables from a Canadian subsidiary of a major French technology
  communications company.
  Represented a publicly-traded, New York-based REIT in renewing
  modifying the office lease of a major global law firm's Center City Philadelphia headquarters.
  Represented a mezzanine lender in acquiring a Midwest hotel of a global hospitality chain by UCC sale, negotiating a joint venture agreement between the mezzanine lender
  well-known operator of Midwestern hotels
  supported the lender's goal of renovating
  operating the hotel upon negotiating necessary amendments
  assumption of the property's existing securitized senior debt with the special servicer.
  The above representations were h
  led by Mr. Robins prior to him joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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