Lawrence H. Gesner

Representative Matters

Fannie Mae matters

• Assists Fannie Mae in securitizing multifamily loans purchased for cash
• Represented the senior lenders in writing a troubled portfolio involving multiple layers of mezzanine financing
• Represented Fannie Mae in the two largest multifamily transactions the organization has undertaken
• Led the team representing Fannie Mae in purchasing loans made in connection with the privatization of a major real estate investment trust (REIT). The transaction, involving more than $7 billion, was secured by more than 100 properties. The second transaction, having a value of more than $3.5 billion, involved the purchase of loans from major financial institutions and was secured by 244 senior properties
• Completed transactions involving the swap of more than $2 billion in Fannie Mae securities for loans secured for multifamily properties and, during the past three years, served as lead counsel on other transactions involving more than $6.0 billion in financing
• Represented Fannie Mae in the change of ownership of Fannie Mae-approved Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) lenders

Additional matters

• Structured and supervised commercial, retail, and multifamily loan programs on behalf of lenders
• Represented a life insurance corporation in restructuring its investment in an office and retail project
• Represented a multinational corporation in the divestiture of its non-core businesses
• Represented a mezzanine lender for senior living and assisted living facilities
• Represented a super-regional bank, as borrower, to avoid federal takeover of the institution
• Represented a major law firm in negotiating an office lease for the firm's Washington, DC office
• Represented a land owner in the sale of a Washington-area property to a foreign government
• Serving as Washington, DC counsel to the trustee for the estate of one of the largest law firm bankruptcies in the United States

Education

• J.D. cum laude Georgetown University Law Center 1983
• • Senior Lead Articles Editor
  • Law and Policy in International Business
• B.B.A. The George Washington University 1980

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2007 – 2024
• Legal 500, Real Estate, 2012, 2014 – 2016
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Peer Review Rated

Volunteerism

• Former chairman, board of directors, Anne Arundel County, Maryland community association