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James B. Rosenbloom

Of Counsel

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Overview

Jim Rosenbloom is a firm founder and Of Counsel in the Real Estate Group. Over his 50-year legal career, he has maintained a broad-based practice representing clients in real estate, commercial finance and bankruptcy matters. He represents institutions and investors in financing transactions for real estate acquisitions, refinancings, restructurings and working capital. He also represents them in purchasing and selling real estate assets, including whole loans or loan tranches.

Jim’s real estate transactional experience includes acquisitions and dispositions, mortgage financing and syndication, renovation and construction financings, commercial leasing, sale-leaseback transactions, construction contracting and bankruptcy. He has extensive experience in real estate loan restructurings, foreclosures, workouts, distressed loan sales and intercreditor issues.

His commercial finance experience includes structuring secured and cash-flow loans to finance leveraged buyouts and debtors in possession, as well as complex working capital financings with real estate and personal property as collateral.

Experience

  • Lead counsel on the sale and partial leaseback of a major office building in Chicago.
  • Lead counsel on the sale and partial leaseback of a major office building in New York City.
  • Lead counsel on the sale and partial leaseback of one of the largest and most complex data centers in the United States.

Credentials

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1972
  • Yale University, B.A., 1969

    cum laude

Admissions

  • Illinois

Professional Activities

  • Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member

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