People: Thomas J. Masenga, Partner

Thomas J. Masenga

Partner

Los Angeles - Downtown
Direct: (213) 270-9679
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Tom Masenga is a partner in the Real Estate Department in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  Mr. Masenga has more than 30 years of experience representing pension funds and their advisors, banks, life insurance companies, private equity funds, REITs and other institutional real estate investors and lenders.  His finance and capital markets practice has included advising on portfolio, syndicated and mezzanine loan originations, workouts and restructurings, and foreclosures, as well as the acquisition and disposition of performing and non-performing loan portfolios.  Mr. Masenga is recognized nationally for his expertise in structuring and closing complex real estate transactions for institutional clients and is a frequent lecturer on complex real estate investment and financing.  Mr. Masenga has served as a panelist for the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys as well as the California Continuing Education of the Bar.
Tom Masenga is a partner in the Real Estate Department in the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  Mr. Masenga has more than 30 years of experience representing pension funds and their advisors, banks, life insurance companies, private equity funds, REITs and other institutional real estate investors and lenders.  His finance and capital markets practice has included advising on portfolio, syndicated and mezzanine loan originations, workouts and restructurings, and foreclosures, as well as the acquisition and disposition of performing and non-performing loan portfolios.  Mr. Masenga is recognized nationally for his expertise in structuring and closing complex real estate transactions for institutional clients and is a frequent lecturer on complex real estate investment and financing.  Mr. Masenga has served as a panelist for the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys as well as the California Continuing Education of the Bar.

Education

  • J.D., Loyola Law School at Los Angeles (1977)
    cum laude
  • B.A., University of Notre Dame (1974)
    magna cum laude

Admissions

  • California

Affiliations

  • California Mortgage Bankers Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Los Angeles Commercial Realty Association
  • Mortgage Bankers Association
  • National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
  • Pension Real Estate Association

Representative Engagements

  • Representation of lender in $1 Billion financing of multi-state portfolio of office buildings located in San Francisco, Seattle, Houston and Washington, D.C.
  • Representation of lender in deed-in lieu acquisitions of portfolio of hotels located throughout the United States.
  • Representation of pension fund information of various joint ventures to acquire, construct and redevelop industrial/distribution projects in California, Nevada and Arizona.
  • Representation of public pension fund in formation of numerous core, value add and opportunity funds.
  • Representation of various mezzanine debt funds in mezzanine loans for development of over 30 multi-family housing projects.
  • Representation of portfolio lender in over $1.5 Billion financing of regional malls and community shopping centers in California, Arizona and Florida.
  • Representation of multiple investors in purchase of B-Notes and real estate
    loan portfolios.
  • Representation of lender in prepackaged bankruptcy workout of Mid-Town Manhattan office building loan.