Bio

Craig Anderson practice is a broad based real estate and finance practice, which includes the representation of lenders, equity investors and borrowers in interim, construction, permanent, mezzanine and equity financing secured by all types of real estate projects, with extensive experience in the securitized debt area and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt placement. Craig has extensive experience in acquisition, disposition, and development of all types of real estate projects, including purchase and sale agreements, construction and AIA contracts, reciprocal easements and partnership and joint venture agreements, as well as complicated mixed use projects. Craig also has extensive leasing experience, including landlord and tenant representation; office, industrial and retail leasing, and build-to-suit transactions. He is also adept at structured finance and synthetic leasing. He represents developers in many areas, including office, retail, industrial, senior housing, condominium, hotel, multifamily, sport stadium and single family developments. As a partner in the Real Estate and Real Estate Finance practices he has represented a broad range of clients, in particular banks, financial institutions, institutional owners and developers. Craig also served at Archon Financial as associate general counsel, working in all areas of the securitized lending arena. Craig also works extensively with real estate funds and private placements, EB-5 transactions, tenant-in-common syndications and 1031 exchanges, including Delaware statutory trusts. He also has worked extensively in the workout, distressed asset and debt areas, including restructuring and bankruptcy transactions. He has also worked on numerous energy projects, including oil and gas leasing and development, pipelines, off shore drilling platforms, tower portfolios and wind farms. Craig is also very experienced in representing developers and owners of industrial properties in acquisition, development, financing, joint ventures and lease transactions.