Matthew Trent is a member of Winstead’s Real Estate Finance, Default Resolution & Servicing Practice Group. Matt takes an analytical and transaction-specific approach to representing banks, insurance companies, debt funds, and other financial institutions in connection with fixed and floating rate commercial loans, including construction, development, permanent and bridge financing arrangements, and loans structured for securitization in the CMBS market. Matt's practice includes representation of mortgage lenders, mezzanine lenders, and preferred equity investors at all levels of the debt stack. Matt's experience representing lenders, buyers, sellers, developers, landlords, tenants, and tax credit investors in connection with commercial real estate transactions provides a unique insight into the perspectives of all parties to real estate financing transactions and is a tremendous asset for navigating the unique challenges of the current lending origination, modification, and workout environments.
Matt regularly represents:
- CMBS lenders with respect to fixed-rate loans secured by stabilized industrial, office, retail, and multifamily properties
- Construction lenders with respect to ground-up or expansion projects utilizing single tiers of promissory notes and/or A/B/mezz loan structures
- Bridge lenders with respect to transitional properties
- Originating lenders or note purchasers with respect to syndicated mortgage loan transactions, including negotiation of note purchases and co-lender agreements
- Senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, or preferred equity investors with respect to projects involving multiple-tiered ground leases, Delaware statutory trusts, condominiums, tenant-in-common and other legal structures
- Lenders, servicers and borrowers with respect to loan modifications, workouts and forbearance arrangements