Experience

Sound Point Capital Management, LP

• United States
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Vice President & Commercial Real Estate Counsel

  • May 2018 - Present



Realty Finance Trust

• Real Estate

• Senior Vice President & Counsel

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2017

  • Member of senior team that created a commercial mortgage REIT lending platform; head transaction counsel and primary in-house point of contact for all company legal affairs; built and managed legal department and developed original operations infrastructure, policies and processes; contributed to marketing and strategic planning efforts • Chiefly responsible for structuring, negotiating, diligencing, documenting, and closing the company’s fixed and floating rate senior mortgage and mezzanine loans across all real estate asset classes; closed 90+ transactions totaling approximately $2 billion • Executed a $428 million CLO securitization as a vehicle to provide match term financing for mortgage loans warehoused under repo facilities • Drafted public company disclosures for required SEC filings; sat on internal audit committee charged with review of all quarterly and annual financial reports prior to public filing • Performed all legal functions relative to the purchase, sale, leasing, financing and management of a multi-billion dollar commercial real estate portfolio comprising multiple investment strategies (including net lease, retail, office, hotel, and healthcare) sponsored by AR Global, one of the nation’s largest incubators of public non-traded REITs



Alston & Bird

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Represented major portfolio and capital markets lenders in origination of commercial real estate financings secured by hotel, office, retail, mixed-use and multi-family properties throughout U.S. • Handled secondary market transactions, including debt acquisitions, dispositions, participations and securitizations. • Managed junior associates and paralegal staff. • Represented major portfolio and capital markets lenders in origination of commercial real estate financings secured by hotel, office, retail, mixed-use and multi-family properties throughout U.S. • Handled secondary market transactions, including debt acquisitions, dispositions, participations and securitizations. • Managed junior associates and paralegal staff.



Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Feb 2006 - Jul 2011

  • Represented investment banks, other institutional lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate finance transactions with focus on originations earmarked for securitization and syndication. • Handled complex, highly structured multi-state/multi-property financing transactions collateralized by full spectrum of real estate asset classes. • Represented investors in purchase/sale of commercial mortgage and mezzanine loans and participation interests, including financing purchased assets under master repurchase facilities. • Advised lenders and special servicers in workout/restructuring of distressed loans and enforcement proceedings.



Bianchi & Tolchin

• White Plains, NY

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2002 - Feb 2006



Town/ Village of Harrison

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Town Attorney

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 2001



Rattet, Hollander & Pasternak, LLP

• Harrison, NY

• Associate

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 1997