Caitlin F.Steiger
Senior Counsel
Real Estate
csteiger@seyfarth.com
Caitlin is known for her practical, business-minded approach to her clients’ real estate law matters, and her ability to navigate sophisticated deal structures with efficiency and precision.
More About Caitlin
Caitlin represents real estate developers, institutional investors, and private equity funds in a broad range of complex commercial real estate transactions. Her practice spans the full life cycle of real estate investments, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings, restructurings, and development projects.
She regularly provides legal advice to clients on the negotiation and structuring of ground and space leases, and has experience managing transactions involving diverse asset classes such as retail, industrial, office, multifamily, and hospitality properties.
Prior to joining the firm, Caitlin worked with leading institutional clients on high-value real estate transactions, gaining deep insight into the operational and strategic priorities that drive successful outcomes.
She regularly provides legal advice to clients on the negotiation and structuring of ground and space leases, and has experience managing transactions involving diverse asset classes such as retail, industrial, office, multifamily, and hospitality properties.
Prior to joining the firm, Caitlin worked with leading institutional clients on high-value real estate transactions, gaining deep insight into the operational and strategic priorities that drive successful outcomes.
- JD, University of Washington School of Law
- BA, University of North Carolina
Robertson Scholar – Duke University to UNC
- Florida
- Washington
Related Services
- Represented real estate private equity fund platform in the sale, acquisition, leasing, and financing of grocery anchored shopping centers and power centers across the US.
- Represented real estate private equity company in the structuring of a joint venture with a large, non-listed REIT for retail real estate investments.
- Represented real estate investment fund in the more than $11 billion acquisition of a diversified real estate portfolio comprised of office, life sciences, retail, and multifamily assets across the US.
- Represented global entertainment company in the $4.25 billion sale of one of its hotel properties to a joint venture, and subsequent leaseback to a subsidiary and CMBS financing to support the acquisition.
- Represented global alternative asset manager in the sale of a portfolio of office buildings across the country.
- Represented national retailer in the amendment of approximately 400 leases in connection with bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented lender in a $100 million debtor-in-possession loan to finance business operations during the borrower’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
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Caitlin is known for her practical, business-minded approach to her clients’ real estate law matters, and her ability to navigate sophisticated deal structures with efficiency and precision.
More About Caitlin
Caitlin represents real estate developers, institutional investors, and private equity funds in a broad range of complex commercial real estate transactions. Her practice spans the full life cycle of real estate investments, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings, restructurings, and development projects.
She regularly provides legal advice to clients on the negotiation and structuring of ground and space leases, and has experience managing transactions involving diverse asset classes such as retail, industrial, office, multifamily, and hospitality properties.
Prior to joining the firm, Caitlin worked with leading institutional clients on high-value real estate transactions, gaining deep insight into the operational and strategic priorities that drive successful outcomes.
She regularly provides legal advice to clients on the negotiation and structuring of ground and space leases, and has experience managing transactions involving diverse asset classes such as retail, industrial, office, multifamily, and hospitality properties.
Prior to joining the firm, Caitlin worked with leading institutional clients on high-value real estate transactions, gaining deep insight into the operational and strategic priorities that drive successful outcomes.
- JD, University of Washington School of Law
- BA, University of North Carolina
Robertson Scholar – Duke University to UNC
- Florida
- Washington
Related Services
- Represented real estate private equity fund platform in the sale, acquisition, leasing, and financing of grocery anchored shopping centers and power centers across the US.
- Represented real estate private equity company in the structuring of a joint venture with a large, non-listed REIT for retail real estate investments.
- Represented real estate investment fund in the more than $11 billion acquisition of a diversified real estate portfolio comprised of office, life sciences, retail, and multifamily assets across the US.
- Represented global entertainment company in the $4.25 billion sale of one of its hotel properties to a joint venture, and subsequent leaseback to a subsidiary and CMBS financing to support the acquisition.
- Represented global alternative asset manager in the sale of a portfolio of office buildings across the country.
- Represented national retailer in the amendment of approximately 400 leases in connection with bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented lender in a $100 million debtor-in-possession loan to finance business operations during the borrower’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
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- Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina, vice chair (2024-present), board of advisors (2018-present)