Bethany is a seasoned lawyer, regularly representing some of the largest and most experienced lending institutions in their multi-faceted real estate transactions. Her practice includes a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, construction and real estate finance, with a focus on mortgage lending, mezzanine lending, credit facilities and co-lending and participation arrangements, as well as real estate development and leasing, and loan workouts and restructuring.

In addition to her real estate experience, Bethany also has experience representing not-for-profit and tax exempt organizations on a variety of issues.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Hofstra University School of Law, magna cum laude, Senior Notes & Comments Editor, Hofstra Law Review, 2011

BA, University of Delaware, 2008

• Represented an institutional lender in connection with the origination of a $210 million mortgage loan and a $140 million mezzanine loan, secured by fee and leasehold interests in four multi-family properties located in Manhattan, New York.
• Represented an institutional lender in connection with a mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by warehouses in Elgin and University Park, Illinois, and a balance sheet loan to a related borrower secured by a retail property in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
• Represented an institutional lender in connection with a Sharia compliant mortgage loan in the amount of $28 million secured by nine office buildings located in Lombard, Illinois with a master lease structure.
• Represented an institutional lender in connection with a $16 million Sharia compliant mortgage loan secured by an office center located in Frisco, Texas.
• Representation of a privately owned corporation in the sale of an 11-story office building located in a prime New York City location for $250 million. The transaction is expected to be one of the largest property sales in New York this year. 
• Representation of a not-for-profit corporation and all-girls Catholic school, in connection with obtaining a bridge loan and its purchase of 115 East 97th Street in New York, where it will later construct a school. This representation also includes a bond financing.
• Represented national real estate developers in the $125 million refinancing of the retail portion of a notable residential property in New York City as well as the restructuring of their partnership.
• Represented a real estate investment company in the acquisition and disposition of high-end office buildings, apartment complexes and retail centers.
• Represented a purchaser in the acquisition and financing of a former religious retreat house located in Brooklyn, New York.
• Represented a client in their acquisition of a mortgage loan secured by a residential apartment building located on the Upper East Side and the contemporaneous restructuring of such mortgage loan.
• Represented a client in their sale of a multifamily apartment complex in Texas for $32 million.
• Represented a client in its transfer of an interest in a restructured mortgage loan secured by an interest in a large hotel chain.
• Represented clients in connection with real estate development, corporate formation and compliance issues.

• Member, New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Young Lawyers Section