Susan Booth
Commercial Real Estate and Capital Markets Attorney -- Equity Partner @Holland & Knight LLP
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WORK HISTORY
Commercial Real Estate and Capital Markets Attorney -- Equity Partner @Holland & Knight LLP
Los Angeles, CA, US
Susan J. Booth is the head of the West Coast Real Estate Group of Holland & Knight LLP. Ms. Booth counsels domestic and international commercial banks, pension funds, private equity funds and REITs on a variety of real-estate matters ranging from secured lending transactions (acquisition, development, construction, revolving, permanent, mezzanine and Shari\'ah compliant), mortgage loan portfolio sales/acquisitions, post-financing asset management, workouts, deeds-in-lieu and REO management. Ms. Booth has extensive experience in negotiating, drafting and successfully closing large commercial financing transactions involving shopping centers, hotels, condominiums, office buildings, industrial parks, senior-living centers and residential, commercial and mixed-use developments. She has also devoted a substantial amount of time to assisting lenders in developing and implementing strategies to resolve the issues arising from non-performing real estate assets. Additionally, Ms. Booth has experience with commercial property purchase/sale transactions, leasing and property management. Ms. Booth has spoken on panels (in California and nationally) on numerous topics, including loan workouts (before and after bankruptcy), options for handling troubled real estate assets, considerations in foreclosure, navigating through California\'s anti-deficiency laws, financing ground lease transactions, risks and pitfalls in hotel and condotel financing, defeasance and trends in debt and equity markets.
EDUCATION
Stanford University
B.A., International Relations
UCLA Anderson School of Management
MBA, Finance
University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law
JD
SKILLS
ABOUT SUSAN BOOTH
I am a Los Angeles real estate attorney with a national practice focused primarily on purchase, sale and capital market transactions involving data centers, hotels, office buildings, multifamily developments, shopping centers, industrial parks, senior-living centers and mixed-use projects. I represent domestic and international commercial banks, pension funds, private equity funds, debt funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and family offices and have closed more than $1 billion in transactions in each of the past several years.My extensive capital markets experience includes both commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) and portfolio loans (acquisition, development, construction, revolving, bridge, term, permanent, mezzanine, EB-5 and Sharia compliant), syndication and participation arrangements, joint venture agreements and mortgage loan portfolio sales/acquisitions. Even in the best of times, a portion of my practice is dedicated to assisting mortgage and mezzanine lenders, equity players and borrowers in developing and implementing strategies to resolve the issues arising from non-performing real estate assets. I have written and spoken extensively on loan workouts, options for handling troubled real estate assets, considerations in foreclosure and navigating through California\'s anti-deficiency laws.Additionally, I have almost two decades of experience representing clients in the acquisition and financing (as both lender and borrower) of data centers. I use my understanding of the unique elements of the data center business to help guide clients towards a successful outcome.I spent many years on the Director\'s Committee of Holland & Knight and also spent more than a decade as the head of the firm\'s West Coast Real Estate Group.
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