Jesse represents a diverse group of clients in all aspects of local and national real estate transactions.

Jesse regularly represents major banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, borrowers and owners in connection with complex financing transactions (CMBS, agency, balance sheet, first lien and mezzanine/preferred equity), acquisitions and dispositions across all asset classes (multifamily, office, retail, shopping center, industrial and land), leasing transactions (retail, office, industrial, logistics, shopping center, ground leases, sale leasebacks) and portfolio management. Additionally, Jesse provides advice to large publicly traded companies and private equity firms on the real estate aspects of large corporate transactions.

Although currently based in Los Angeles, Jesse was raised in both New York and Miami and began his law career in Manhattan. As such, Jesse has deep roots, strong market knowledge and extensive business contacts in New York, Florida and California.

Relevant Experience

• Represents private mortgage REIT in connection with the structuring, origination and closing of first lien mortgage loans on a national basis across various asset classes, including representation of client in connection with warehouse lending transactions structured as a master repurchase facility.
• Represented purchaser in the $172 million acquisition of a 326,200-square-foot office tower in Houston, Texas, including representation of purchaser in connection with $92 million in first mortgage acquisition financing.
• Represented high-profile borrower in connection with the $115 million refinancing (consisting of both senior and mezzanine debt) of a luxury condominium development project in Vail, Colorado.
• Represented joint venture developer in the retail leasing of a 530,000-square-foot high-end outlet shopping center outside of Chicago, Illinois; a 600,000-square-foot shopping center in Niagara, New York; a 450,000 ground-leased shopping center in Primm, Nevada; a 500,000-square-foot shopping center in Miami, Florida; and a 122,000-square-foot outlet shopping center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Represented foreign investment fund in connection with the purchase and financing of multifamily properties across the United States, including the purchase of a $52 million multifamily complex outside of Chicago, Illinois; a $40 million multifamily complex outside of Atlanta, Georgia; a $27 million multifamily complex in Baytown, Texas; and a $24 million multifamily complex in Houston, Texas.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, New York Law School, Dean’s Scholarship, 2010BA, Emory University, Political Science, 2004