Bukola Mabadeje is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Finance practice groups, with extensive experience representing lenders in the middle market segment in real property and personal property secured and unsecured transactions. She also advises equity investors in utilizing a varying mix of investment structures to meet their needs.

Bukola boasts an impressive track record and a substantial client portfolio in different types of financing for real estate transactions for purposes such as acquisition, development, and construction, whether in commercial real estate financing or community development financing. Her expertise extends to leveraging low-income housing tax credits, historic tax credits, and other structured approaches aimed at achieving affordable housing and rehabilitation of historic buildings. Her experience spans various property types, including multifamily, co-living, office, hospitality, retail, and industrial spaces, all across the United States.

Additionally, Bukola adeptly handles other real estate transactional matters, including commercial real estate purchases and sales and office leasing.

In addition to her real estate expertise, she advises agents, lenders and borrowers alike in commercial finance transactions, covering secured and unsecured asset-based and balance-sheet loans from a single lender or a syndicate of lenders. She is well versed in negotiating complex financing and security agreements, guarantees, intercreditor agreements, and other critical transaction documents.

Beyond her legal expertise, Bukola is a proactive member of Buchalter’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. She is deeply engaged in her community, serving on several nonprofit boards, including International House, UC Berkeley.

Bukola was named “One to Watch” in Banking and Finance Law by Best Lawyers from 2022-2025.

Bar Admissions

• California
• Nigeria

Education

• Harvard Law School
• University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Significant Accomplishments
<ul><li>Represented the State Bar of California in the sale of its 211,000 square foot headquarters office building in San Francisco in a $54MM transaction.</li><li>Represented the issuer in connection with a $900,000,000 rights issue and public offer.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $600,000,000 cross-border acquisition finance of the assets of an oil services company.</li><li>Represented the lenders in connection with a $400,000,000 finance for the construction of a seawall and land reclamation for property development.</li><li>Represented the sponsor in connection with the structuring of a $300,000,000 private equity fund and a $10,000,000 initial investment in an oil services company.</li><li>Represented the borrower, a manufacturing company, in connection with a $275,000,000 term and revolving loan from a syndicate of lenders.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $240,000,000 real estate finance transaction for the development of a hotel and an apartment complex.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $200,000,000 infrastructure finance transaction, through the issue of unsecured convertible bonds.</li><li>Represented the borrower in connection with a $150,000,000 syndicated term loan facility from a consortium of international lenders.</li><li>Represented the issuer in connection with the issue of $100,000,000 zero-coupon bonds.</li><li>Represented the agent in connection with a $75,000,000 formula-based revolving loan to a food processing company.</li><li>Advised the lender in connection with a $53,000,000 convertible loan to an oil exploration and production company.</li><li>Represented the agent in connection with a $50,000,000 term and revolving loan to a manufacturing company.</li><li>Represented the lender in a $50,000,000 term loan to an oilfield developer.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $50,000,000 amortizing term loan backed by warrants to an energy company.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $25,000,000 real estate secured construction loan.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $17,500,000 term and revolving loan to a manufacturing company.</li><li>Represented the lender in connection with a $10,000,000 term loan to a manufacturing company.</li></ul>

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