VarunaBhattacharyya
Partner
Real Estate
vbhattacharyya@seyfarth.com
Varuna is an accomplished commercial real estate finance lawyer, delivering thoughtful guidance and pragmatic solutions to financial institutions and real estate funds.
More About Varuna
Varuna represents clients in single-lender as well as agented, multilender construction and permanent loans, mezzanine loans, and other leveraged financings in local markets and across the country. Varuna regularly represents lenders and distressed borrowers with respect to workouts and foreclosure alternatives, including modifications, note sales, forbearances, and other secured creditor remedies for nonperforming commercial real estate loans across all asset classes.
Beyond her extensive legal experience across the spectrum of real estate finance transactions, Varuna also has broad experience in acquisitions, dispositions, development, and tenant and landlord leasing.
Beyond her extensive legal experience across the spectrum of real estate finance transactions, Varuna also has broad experience in acquisitions, dispositions, development, and tenant and landlord leasing.
- JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- New York
- Representation of a publicly traded banking institution in connection with a leveraged loan-on-loan transaction made to a private equity firm and secured by a $193 million construction loan in connection with a life science building project located in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Representation of agent/multinational bank in connection with a $175 million syndicated term loan for a luxury condominium project with ground floor retail in Brooklyn.
- Representation of a European lender as administrative agent, together with the syndicate bank group, in connection with a $250 million mortgage loan made to a joint venture owned by a publicly held company and an REIT and secured by a Class-A office building located in Manhattan.
Related News & Insights
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Speaking Engagement
Jun 24, 2026
Seyfarth to sponsor, and Varuna Bhattacharya and Brad Lenox to speak at IMN’s Real Estate Private Funds in Newport, RI, on June 25, 2026
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Speaking Engagement
Mar 19, 2026
Seyfarth to Sponsor and Catherine Burns to Speak at Greenpearl's 15th Annual Real Estate Women's Forum
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Legal Update
Feb 2, 2026
What's Now in Real Estate Finance (January 2026)
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Sponsored Events
Jan 11, 2026
Seyfarth to Sponsor CRE Finance Council 2026 January Conference
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Real Estate Finance, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2026)
- Named as a Notable Leader in Real Estate by Crain's New York Business (2023)
- Asian American Bar Association of New York, Board Member, President-Elect
Varuna is an accomplished commercial real estate finance lawyer, delivering thoughtful guidance and pragmatic solutions to financial institutions and real estate funds.
More About Varuna
Varuna represents clients in single-lender as well as agented, multilender construction and permanent loans, mezzanine loans, and other leveraged financings in local markets and across the country. Varuna regularly represents lenders and distressed borrowers with respect to workouts and foreclosure alternatives, including modifications, note sales, forbearances, and other secured creditor remedies for nonperforming commercial real estate loans across all asset classes.
Beyond her extensive legal experience across the spectrum of real estate finance transactions, Varuna also has broad experience in acquisitions, dispositions, development, and tenant and landlord leasing.
Beyond her extensive legal experience across the spectrum of real estate finance transactions, Varuna also has broad experience in acquisitions, dispositions, development, and tenant and landlord leasing.
- JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- New York
- Representation of a publicly traded banking institution in connection with a leveraged loan-on-loan transaction made to a private equity firm and secured by a $193 million construction loan in connection with a life science building project located in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Representation of agent/multinational bank in connection with a $175 million syndicated term loan for a luxury condominium project with ground floor retail in Brooklyn.
- Representation of a European lender as administrative agent, together with the syndicate bank group, in connection with a $250 million mortgage loan made to a joint venture owned by a publicly held company and an REIT and secured by a Class-A office building located in Manhattan.
Related News & Insights
-
Speaking Engagement
Jun 24, 2026
Seyfarth to sponsor, and Varuna Bhattacharya and Brad Lenox to speak at IMN’s Real Estate Private Funds in Newport, RI, on June 25, 2026
-
Speaking Engagement
Mar 19, 2026
Seyfarth to Sponsor and Catherine Burns to Speak at Greenpearl's 15th Annual Real Estate Women's Forum
-
Legal Update
Feb 2, 2026
What's Now in Real Estate Finance (January 2026)
-
Sponsored Events
Jan 11, 2026
Seyfarth to Sponsor CRE Finance Council 2026 January Conference
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Real Estate Finance, The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2026)
- Named as a Notable Leader in Real Estate by Crain's New York Business (2023)
- Asian American Bar Association of New York, Board Member, President-Elect