Kristen concentrates her practice on real estate finance, commercial lending and other structured finance transactions representing both sponsors and lenders.
Kristen represents national and regional banks, specialty lenders and other financial institutions in a wide variety of financing transactions, including acquisition, construction and development loans, permanent mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, bridge loans, loan participations and syndications, asset based loans and revolving credit facilities. Kristen has extensive experience representing parties in large loan work outs and complex restructuring matters, including settlements, foreclosures, note sales and REO disposition.
Kristen regularly leads large dollar, multistate real estate portfolio transactions. She has experience financing all types of real property collateral and other assets and has extensive experience in data center financing. Prior to joining the firm, Kristen spent four years as in-house counsel for Ginnie Mae, where she acquired knowledge of mortgaged-backed securities which she has used in representing clients in connection with CMBS loan origination and securitizations and in GSE and governmental loan programs. Kristen serves as a member of the firm’s Opinion Committee with responsibilities related to the firm’s review and issuance of bankruptcy non-consolidation opinions.
- Representation of national banks in connection with workouts and restructuring of large dollar distressed real estate loans.
- Representation of hyperscale data center developer in connection with numerous build-to-suit construction financing transactions.
- Representation of nationwide agribusiness in financing of a large portfolio of production and farm properties.
- Representation of agent bank in asset-based syndicated revolving credit facility secured by thirteen retail centers in multiple states.
- Representation of agent bank in financing the repositioning and tenant improvements for a downtown multistory shopping center, consisting of both ground lease and fee owned parcels subject to mixed-use condominium regime.
- Representation of agent bank in construction loan to convert two downtown towers from office to residential use.
- Representation of agent bank in acquisition and rehabilitation financing of downtown office building containing various GSA leases and credit enhancement provided by a master lease structure.
- Representation of agent bank in construction facility for major tenant retrofit with multilayer ground lease, prime lease and sub-lease structure.
- Representation of national bank in connection with Sharia loans secured by office properties.
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law, 2013-2026
- Selected for inclusion in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate, Northern Virginia, Chambers USA, 2020, 2021