Kinan Obeidin focuses his practice on real estate finance, real estate capital markets, structured finance, and financial services. He represents banks, life insurance companies, REITs, debt funds, and other traditional and non-traditional lenders in the origination of commercial mortgage loans and a variety of secondary market transactions. Kinan has extensive experience in originating CMBS, balance sheet, life co and bridge loans, and he serves as loan seller’s counsel for CMBS, SASB and CRE-CLO securitizations. He advises buyers and sellers on warehouse lending facilities and master repurchase and participation arrangements.

Kinan also has experience in the origination and acquisition/disposition of mezzanine loans and pari passu and senior/subordinate loan structures, loan participations and syndicated credit facilities and the negotiation of intercreditor and co-lender agreements. In addition, he represents lenders in the acquisition and disposition of debt and participation interests and performing and distressed loan portfolios and has experience in assisting lenders with workouts, restructurings, foreclosures, and developing strategies for dealing with distressed assets. He helps lenders establish, grow, and streamline lending and securitization platforms with a strong emphasis on client service, consistency and efficiency.