Deborah C.Ryan

Investment

• Represented the US affiliate of a Finnish telecommunications and technology company in connection with the acquisition of a US$40 million office building located in San Jose, CA.
• Represented the US affiliate of a Japanese telecommunications holding company in connection with a US$45 million real estate development joint venture for the development of 121 luxury for-rent townhouse-style multi-family apartments in Texas.
• Represented the US affiliate of a Japanese telecommunications holding company in connection its investment in a joint venture for the acquisition and value-add repositioning of a multi-family apartment project located in Boston, Massachusetts, with an approximate deal size of US $145 million.
• Represented the US subsidiary of a publicly traded company based in Japan in connection with numerous development joint ventures totalling more than 1,880 units in projects in Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, Dallas, Texas, and Seattle, Washington..
• Represented the US subsidiary of a publicly traded company based in Japan in connection with investments in a multifamily apartment development containing approximately 250+ units located in Frisco, Texas, and (ii) a residential condominium development containing approximately 73 luxury residential condominium units located at Port Imperial, West New York, New Jersey.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with the restructure of its partnership agreement and financing arrangement with one of the largest investment banks in the US and a leading global alternative asset manager regarding a portfolio of office buildings located in Austin, Texas, in a transaction worth more than US$1.4 billion, which was approved by the bankruptcy court during one of the parties' bankruptcy filings.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its majority interest investment in a partnership with a major New York real estate development firm and the related acquisition and financing by that partnership of one of the most iconic buildings in New York City.

 Residential and Mixed-Use (Master) Condominiums

• Represented a private real estate developer in connection with the structuring of a mixed-use (hotel, retail, and apartment) Master Condominium development located in downtown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a joint venture between two private real estate developers in connection with the structuring of a mixed-use (apartment and retail) Master Condominium development in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a joint venture between two private real estate developers in connection with the structuring of a mixed-use (hotel, retail, and apartment) Master Condominium development located in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented an affiliate of a private real estate developer in connection with the new construction of a mixed-use (office, retail, and residential condominiums) Master Condominium development in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented an affiliate of a global leader in commercial real estate services and investment in connection with the structuring of the Residential Condominiums in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a private real estate development and management company with the 127-residential unit conversion to condominiums in Houston, Texas.
• Represented a full-service commercial real estate company in connection with the structuring of mixed-use (condominiums and retail) adaptive re-use development in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Represented a private real estate development and management company in connection with new construction in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a family-owned global real estate developer in connection with the development of a luxury high-rise condominium project in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented one of the largest banks on Wall Street in connection with a conversion to condominiums of an office building in downtown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a private real estate developer in connection with the purchase, redevelopment, and subsequent sale of a 35-story high-rise building in Fort Worth, Texas, including acquisition and construction financing, construction, documentation, creation of vertical mixed-use condominiums, and other development-related legal work.

Acquisitions

• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with multiple acquisitions, including:
  • Acquisition of a 14,000-square-foot shopping center in Houston, Texas.
  • Acquisition of a 27,000-square-foot Class A shopping center located in St. Petersburg, Florida.
  • Acquisition of a shopping center located in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
  • Acquisition of a shopping center located in Skokie, Illinois.
  • Acquisition of a 1.4-million-square-foot shopping mall located in Plano, Texas.
  • Acquisition a shopping center located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Leases

• Represented a private aviation college in connection with various leases for its flight and technical school operations, including the lease of 100,000 square feet located at LAX Airport in Inglewood, California.
• Represented a private flight school in connection with its lease with Colorado Air and Space Port, in Brighton, Colorado, for aviation maintenance and technology training.
• Represented a private aviation college in connection with its headquarters lease at One North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois (commonly known as the PNC Centre).
• Represented a tenant in connection with a 116,000-square-foot lease of office space in the (then under construction) office tower now known as 2000 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a tenant in connection with a 100,000-square-foot lease of office space in the office tower known as Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a private home builder in connection with the renegotiation of its headquarters office lease in the Colonnade Building, Dallas, Texas.
• Represented a private equity-owned network of freestanding emergency rooms in Texas and Colorado in connection with its headquarters office sublease in Lewisville, Texas

Workouts

• Represented one of the world’s largest banks in connection with construction lending, workouts, foreclosures, and modification of debt and post-default analysis and strategy for projects located throughout the US. Many of these loans involve complexities associated with mid-construction defaults, syndicated debt, and mezzanine financing.

Public/Private Development

• Represented an international airport in connection with the repositioning of its relationship with the owners of an on-site Hyatt hotel and the construction of a new International Terminal with a new 380-room luxury Hyatt hotel.

Construction Lending

• Represented a real estate investment company in connection with a US$35 million loan for the refinancing of a shopping center in Hermosa Beach, California, with a CMBS loan from RBS Financial Products, Inc., a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
• Represented one of the world’s largest banks in connection with a construction loan to PNL Companies relative to the repositioning of the Tandy Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Represented one of the world’s largest banks in connection with a US$38 million construction loan and a subsequent US$38 million tenant improvement loan to an affiliate of Archon Development for the redevelopment of a warehouse located in Philadelphia to be used as the administrative office of the Philadelphia Independent School District.
• Represented one of the world’s largest banks in connection with a US$45 million loan to an affiliate of Macfarlan Development for a build-to-suit for Intel Corporation in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Tax Increment Financing

• Represented an international development firm in connection with obtaining a US$45 million TIF financing for public improvements in a high-density, mixed-use urban development surrounding the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas, Texas.

Real Estate Finance and Refinance

• Represented a sovereign wealth fund, as borrower, in connection with the US$83 million refinance of a portfolio of office buildings in Austin, Texas.
• Represent a sovereign wealth fund, as borrower, in connection with the US$80 million refinance of a 255,000-square-foot office building in Washington DC.
• Represented one of the world’s largest banks in connection with a US$178 million financing secured by downtown Fort Worth Office Towers and other collateral.
• Represented one of the largest banking institutions in the US in connection with a US$35 million loan t secured by a portfolio of Circuit City stores located in 12 states.