Rhys Hefta is a partner in the firm's Real Estate practice. He advises clients on purchases, sales and financing of real estate assets, including office, hospitality, retail, multifamily and senior housing properties. His finance experience includes a wide range of financing structures, including commercial mortgage backed securities, senior and subordinate notes, second mortgage and mezzanine debt and preferred equity. He has represented commercial real estate lenders ranging from Wall Street investment banks, governmental agencies, life insurance companies, foreign lending institutions and their domestic branches and other institutional lenders in all aspects of loan originations, structuring, purchases and sales, securitization and syndications, as well as workouts and restructurings. He has experience in both construction and permanent financing as well as distressed debt financing.
Rhys has represented clients in sophisticated joint venture transactions. He also has experience in commercial leasing, as well as representing owners in the negotiation of asset and property management agreements and franchise agreements.
