Lawrence E Uchill

Larry Uchill concentrates in real estate and structured finance, particularly focusing on issues related to mezzanine and structured financing. He negotiates and supervises real estate acquisitions, dispositions of real estate financings, and joint ventures throughout the United States and various regions of the world. He recently represented a mezzanine loan fund which formed and syndicated the last CDO fund to close in the United States. Mr. Uchill has handled all aspects of financings,...See more

Larry Uchill concentrates in real estate and structured finance, particularly focusing on issues related to mezzanine and structured financing. He negotiates and supervises real estate acquisitions, dispositions of real estate financings, and joint ventures throughout the United States and various regions of the world. He recently represented a mezzanine loan fund which formed and syndicated the last CDO fund to close in the United States. Mr. Uchill has handled all aspects of financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and development of major transactions involving private sector and governmental parties in commercial, military housing, apartment, wind energy, retail, hotel, energy conservation, and mixed-use real estate projects. His experience also encompasses sale leasebacks, office and retail leasing, REITs, joint ventures, real estate syndications, wind turbine projects, commercial condominiums, title, zoning and subdivision analysis, construction contracts, bankruptcy, bidding, interest swaps, S&P ratings, project and capital financings, mezzanine debt financing, credit tenant lending, 1031 transactions, asset recovery, loan workouts, and related corporate work. Mr. Uchill has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for real estate law in every edition since 1995, and he has repeatedly been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and Boston magazines. Recent Matters Repesented a major investment bank in originating 2 portfolio mortgage loans and related mezzanine financings involving involving dozens of single asset commercial and retail properties located throughout the United States, which originations were specifically tailored to be sold in a securitization involving the sale of over $300 million in pass-through certificates, whcich securitization was the first multi-borrower securitzation closed in the United States, since the 2007 economic melt-down. Represented The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, along with many other DLA colleagues, in connection with the restructuring of various entities and agreements related to the development of the World Trade Center Project, including creating various pledge agreements and ancillary documentation, associated with enhancing the security for certain agreements entered into by the Port Authority with the developer of this project. Representation of several funds organized and managed by Rubicon Asset Management and the Greenwich Group International involving (i) in the case of one fund, real estate mezzanine financings which provide incremental loan proceeds to senior mortgage loans being offered by major US investment banks; and (ii) in the case of the other fund, the acquisition of real estate and joint venture interests in major commercial product projects and the formation of a REIT to act as the fund's interface with the ownership of these assets. Represented a major developer in conncection with forming joint ventures with major funds, and reveiwing mortgage financing documents, regarding several major commercial real estate projects on the East Coast. Represented a mezzanine fund in connection with an approximately $65 million mezzanine participation interest that was part of a total debt stack of $26.4 billion in connection with Blackstone's acquisition of Equity Office Portfolio. Represented mezzanine fund in a mezzanine financing which was part of a $1.8 billion capital stack involving the acquisition of 137 office buildings located in Atlanta, Houston, Orlando and Charlotte. In connection with this closing negotiated separate intercreditor agreement and participation agreement with sub-participant in the mezzanine... See less