Bio

Franklin H. Caplan concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate and corporate matters, including acquisitions, financings, capital formation, development projects, entity governance, workouts, restructurings, and transactions of various sorts. He advises institutional and individual clients on a myriad of ventures and goals, and serves as a trusted advisor to clients as well as their families. 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 and dispositions in and out of bankruptcy, multi-party reorganizations, debt restructurings generally and asset management. Frank also has substantial experience with commercial leasing of office, warehouse and airport facilities, with aircraft leasing and financing, and employment and incentive compensation agreements.