Expert Panel - State of the Real Estate Market: What's Happening on the Front Lines, Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solution's in Today's Current Environment

Seyfarth Shaw and FTI Consulting will be hosting our in-person fall panel on the current state of the real estate market. Topics will include what's happening on the front lines, navigating challenges and crafting creative solutions in today's current environment. This panel brings together experts with front line experience and a broad range of views, including equity side, work out specialists, lenders, servicers specialists, and owners/operators/borrowers. Discussion will involve structured and securitized lending, alternative lending, and traditional lending, active marketplace challenges, war stories, potential pitfalls and creative solutions, and where the real estate market may be headed going into 2026. 

The program is scheduled for Wednesday, November 12th at Seyfarth Shaw, located at 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018. In-person registration will begin at 4:30pm EST, panel discussion at 5:00pm EST, with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres to follow.

Speakers

John Napoli, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Michael Criscito, Senior Managing Director, Co-Leader of Real Estate Restructuring Advisory, FTI Consulting
Andrew Levine, General Counsel, Executive Vice President, and Corporate Secretary, SL Green Realty Corp.
David Leavitt, Partner, General Counsel and Head of Strategy, Elm Tree Funds
Brian Vetter, Chief Investment Officer, Slate Property Group
Mark Weiss, Executive Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield
Francesca Weindling, Managing Director, Global Head of Real Estate Legal Transactions, Nuveen, a TIAA company
Arthur Guimaraes, Chief Data and Operating Officer and Co-Head of Real Estate, University of California Office of the President
Stephanie LaBarbara, Senior Vice President, Team Lead Commercial Real Estate Resolution, First Citizens Bank