Christine K. Nichols

Chris concentrates her practice area in commercial real estate, corporate finance, real estate financing, commercial and retail leasing and related matters. Her practice covers a range of complex commercial real estate and secured lending transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, commercial loan transactions, including multi-jurisdictional secured financings, portfolio financings, work-outs and restructurings, and leasing of hotel, office, industrial, retail and mixed-use properties. Chris’s practice includes significant experience with publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs).
Prior to joining Barack Ferrazzano, Chris practiced in the real estate group of Davis Polk & Wardell in New York.

Representative Matters

• Representation of lenders and borrowers in connection with secured lending transactions.
• Representation of tenants in negotiation of retail leasing transactions in regional malls, outlet malls, power centers, lifestyle centers and mixed-use projects throughout the United States.
• Representation of borrowers in connection with hotel acquisition financings.
• Representation of industrial REIT in connection with the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of industrial property.
• Represented real estate funds in connection with securitized loan transactions.
• Representation of a health care REIT in connection with the acquisition of assisted living facilities and medical office buildings.
• Representation of landlords in industrial leasing transaction.
• Representation of lenders of borrowers and lenders in mortgage loan workouts
  and restructurings.
• Representation of corporate sellers of real property in purchase money, seller
  financing transactions.
• Representation of borrowers in Shari’ah-compliant loans.