Practice focuses on commercial real estate financing and restructuring transactions.

Nadia Burgard has a broad array of experience in real estate financing and restructuring transactions, including representing private equity clients in multi-property mortgage and mezzanine loan acquisition finance transactions and representing both buyers and lenders, as well as sellers and borrowers in commercial mortgage loan repurchase and loan-on-loan facilities. She also has extensive experience assisting clients with leveraged acquisitions, asset-based financings, workouts, and debtor-in-possession and exit financings. Ms. Burgard’s clients include financial institutions and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in leveraged credit and structured finance transactions.

Relevant Experience

• Represented global private equity firm in a $5.122 billion Freddie Mac financing to acquire and take private a public apartment REIT owning 120+ apartment communities in nine states.
• Represented life insurance company in a $500 million repurchase warehouse facility financing the company’s origination of commercial mortgage and mezzanine loan assets under its commercial mortgage loan financing platform.
• Represented global private equity firm in $2 billion of repurchase facilities financing the acquisition of a portfolio of distressed commercial mortgage loans.
• Represented life insurance company as buyer in a $750 million repurchase warehouse facility for commercial mortgage loans originated by a REIT seller under its commercial mortgage loan financing platform.
• Represented global private equity firm in the $938 million mortgage and mezzanine acquisition financing for over 100 office and industrial properties and the securitization of the mortgage and a mezzanine loans.
• Represented global private equity firm in a $900 million term repurchase facility financing the firm’s origination and acquisition of commercial mortgage loan assets.

• Represented global private equity firm in the $582 million mortgage and mezzanine acquisition financing for 38 limited service and extended stay hotels, and the securitization of the mortgage and a mezzanine loans.
• Represented global private equity firm in connection with repurchase facilities financing the acquisition of a portfolio of $450 million of distressed commercial mortgage loans.
• Represented financial institutions in connection with disposition, restructuring of, and the risk management for a portfolio of ABS, RMBS, CMBS, and CDO assets totaling in excess of $25 billion.
• Represented global private equity firm in connection with the financing of the acquisition from the original lender of a portfolio of $480 million of distressed commercial mortgage loans.
• Represented mortgage finance company in connection with out-of-court restructuring of over $4 billion of ABS, RMBS, repurchase and other debt facilities.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Fordham University, Articles Editor, Fordham Urban Law Journal, 1991BA, Wesleyan University, Wesleyan Program, Paris, France, 1982

• Advised acquirer in connection with repurchase facilities financing the acquisition of a portfolio of $2 billion of distressed commercial mortgage loans.
• Advised agent and arranger in connection with a $60 million cross-border, asset-based unitranche facility for an airplane parts manufacturer.
• Advised acquirer in connection with repurchase facilities financing the acquisition of a portfolio of $450 million of distressed commercial mortgage loans.
• Advised financial institutions in connection with disposition, restructuring of, and the risk management for a portfolio of ABS, RMBS, CMBS, and CDO assets totaling in excess of $25 billion.
• Advised acquirer in connection with the financing of the acquisition from the original lender of a portfolio of $480 million of distressed commercial mortgage loans.
• Advised mortgage finance company in connection with out-of-court restructuring of over $4 billion of ABS, RMBS, repurchase and other debt facilities.
• Advised arranger and managing underwriter in first, second, bridge and high yield facilities totaling $5 billion in connection with a planned cross border leveraged buyout of an international airline.
• Advised agent bank in connection with $800 million of senior secured revolving credit facilities for specialty finance company.
• Advised agent bank in connection with $315 million of DIP and exit credit facilities for a national trucking company.
• Advised agent bank in connection with $115 million of acquisition financing facilities for a regional fiber optic telecoms operator.
• Advised agent bank, in connection with the restructuring of $700 million of senior secured credit facilities for a national CLEC with networks in 37 cities within the United States.
• Advised agent bank in connection with restructuring of $65 million of first and second lien credit facilities for specialty home builder.

• Turnaround Management Association