Nick represents institutional lenders, owners, property managers, developers, portfolio managers and tenants in various real estate, real estate finance (debt and equity) and commercial finance transactions. Prior to joining Graham & Dunn, Nick was an associate located in the New York office of a large, international law firm. Representative transactions include assisting: A joint venture involving an institutional fund to acquire and provide approximately $100 million in acquisition and renovation financing for a hotel resort property in the Florida Keys. A national bank to close a $31 million credit facility for a Seattle, Washington borrower and its affiliate. A developer client with respect to joint venture arrangements for the development and sale of various residential and mixed use condominium projects in Lima, Peru. A hotel portfolio client to refinance several loans; each loan separately secured by individual portfolio assets. A fund client with respect to the acquisition, disposition and related financing of various large multi-family complexes located throughout the Western United States ranging in value from approximately $20 million to $60 million per complex. A German bank to close a loan in excess of $400 million related to the acquisition and further development of a combined hotel resort and residential development in Hawaii; A German bank to close a $50 million credit facility secured primarily by REIT shares. An individual client to acquire an office building to add to is portfolio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for approximately $105 million; An individual client to dispose of two office buildings from its office portfolio; both of which where located in San Francisco, California; A British bank, as agent for a lending syndicate, to secure mortgages on nine industrial plants in multiple jurisdictions within the United States; and A REIT client to close an approximately $250 million loan for purposes of acquiring a portfolio of office buildings in Virginia. Education J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2000 B.A., International Studies, University of Washington, 1996. |