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2024 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards

New York & Tri-State
By: Amy Wolff Sorter

Krystyna Blakeslee

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Worked with a lender on restructuring a $1.2-billion construction project loan

Represented a balance sheet lender in originating over $1 billion of mortgage loans

As a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Real Estate Practice Group, Krystyna M. Blakeslee specializes in commercial real estate finance and investment, focusing on complex transactions for high-profile clients nationwide. She is an expert in the origination, acquisition, and disposition of mortgage loans, mezzanine financings, preferred equity, bridge loans, and corporate debt.

Key deals in the last year include restructuring and exercising remedies on a $1.2-billion construction project and a lender in connection with a mortgage loan secured by a hotel in the Bahamas. She also represented a balance sheet lender in originating over $1 billion of mortgage loans, a mezzanine lender in the origination of $1.2 billion in mortgage and mezzanine loans for a research and development project in San Diego and a lender syndicate in a $680-million construction loan for a development project in Cambridge, MA.

Blakeslee serves on the New York Restoration Project board and is a member of She Builds.

Blakeslee is ranked by Chambers USA for Real Estate Finance, The Legal 500 U.S. and Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers” list. The Commercial Real Estate RED Awards named her “Rising Star Attorney of the Year.”

This is why Krystyna Blakeslee received Connect CRE’s 2024 New York & TriState Lawyers in Real Estate Award. The award celebrates real estate attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice and the larger community.

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Krystyna Blakeslee

About Amy Wolff Sorter

I love content. I love writing it, visualizing it, and manipulating it to fit into different formats. I have years of experience in working with content, both as creator and editor. The content I create and edit provides assistance with many goals, ranging from lead generation, to developing street cred through well-timed thought-leadership pieces. Content skills include, but aren't limited to, articles and blogs, e-mails, promotional collateral, infographics, e-books and white papers, website copy and more.
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