Biography

Peter J. Korda is co-head of the Structured & Real Estate Finance Group and a partner in the firm’s New York office. His practice concentrates on representing members of the lending community on real estate finance matters, workouts and restructured transactions. During the economic downturn, Mr. Korda has devoted significant time to counseling clients in dealing with distressed assets. Prior thereto, Mr. Korda’s work was concentrated in the structuring and closing of mortgage loan transactions for the capital markets as well as for conventional acquisition, permanent, interim/bridge, construction and mezzanine loan transactions. Mr. Korda has extensive experience in real estate projects across the United States, including handling multi-tier, multi-state, cross-defaulted and cross-collateralized transactions. He has closed numerous fee and leasehold financings and refinancings of major residential developments, shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and specialty projects. Mr. Korda also has worked extensively in structuring and closing syndicated transactions, equity participation loans and complex construction “take-out” transactions, as well as the financing and development of condominium and cooperative properties.

Education

J.D., New York University, School of Law (1979)
A.B., Brown University, magna cum laude (1976)

Admissions

• New York