Bio

Franklin Caplan concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate and corporate matters, including acquisitions, financings, development projects, entity governance, workouts, restructurings, and transactions of various sorts. He serves as a trusted advisor to institutional and individual clients and their families, advising them on a myriad of ventures and goals. Frank has extensive experience with capital formation, project finance and development ventures, with special application in multi-owner, mixed-use and hospitality projects. For many years he has worked on all aspects of leisure-oriented and amenities-based real estate and club projects, including construction and working capital financing, securitized financings, condominium and timeshare registrations, and project development and branding. His experience in vacation ownership involves single and multi-lender financings aggregating well over $1 billion, as well as work with owners' associations, sales and marketing providers, management companies and other contractors. He is fluent in the areas of land use planning and zoning as well. His workout experience is particularly extensive and includes recapitalizations, reorganizations and dispositions in and out of bankruptcy, debt restructurings generally and asset management. Frank also has substantial experience with aircraft leasing and financing, and commercial leasing of office, warehouse and airport facilities, as well as employment and incentive compensation agreements.