Commercial Real Estate Financing 2025: Distress and Defaults

Why You Should Attend

Industry insiders anticipate a welcome increase in commercial real estate (CRE) lending in 2025 after the steady decline over the last two years. Yet, even with the expected upturn in transactions, market players must still contend with distressed collateral, regulatory uncertainty, unresolved or imminent loan defaults and related costs. 

As lenders and borrowers seek solutions through workouts, loan modifications, reinvestments, and other financing vehicles, this program will equip attendees with tested, successful legal strategies and indispensable practice information. 

This year Joshua Stein of Joshua Stein PLLC will be joined by Janice Mac Avoy of Fried Frank in leading this always phenomenal program. Our roster of nationally renowned legal experts will provide timely instruction on the critical steps of debt-related transactions, disputes, and outcomes including both judicial and non-judicial proceedings. 

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Analyze trends and potential outcomes in the commercial real estate financing market
• Review examples of practices that meet or violate the standard of commercial reasonableness such as proper marketing and fair pricing.
• Properly initiate a foreclosure proceeding against commercial real estate
• Advise clients on claims, defenses, and available remedies in CRE foreclosures
• Know the specific requirements of UCC foreclosures versus mortgage foreclosures
• Interpret case law on material disputes arising from loan defaults, including intercreditor issues 
• Rethink commercial bankruptcy options 
• Understand the parameters of applicable guaranties  
• Maintain ethical standards in practice while handling loan transactions and disputes 

Who Should Attend

Commercial real estate attorneys, real estate finance professionals, in-house counsel to lenders or borrowers, commercial tenants and property owners, and real estate developers will benefit from this program.

Program Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites: Attendees should have some background in commercial real estate generally and/or commercial real estate finance.

Advanced Preparation: None