Kenneth Lore is co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on complex equity and debt real estate transactions, including multifamily rental properties, office buildings, hotels, condominiums, sports arenas, shopping centers, entertainment facilities and affordable housing properties, as well as other retail and commercial projects. Ken advises participants such as developers, underwriters, banks, mortgage bankers, contractors, state and local housing finance agencies, pension funds, REITS, investment companies, pooled investment funds, syndication companies, and others in all aspects of real estate projects. He focuses on complex negotiations, deal structuring and sophisticated financings involving asset-backed securities, taxable and tax-exempt debt, mezzanine debt and equity, convertible loans, credit enhancements, structured finance and secondary market transactions, and other financial products. Ken also has had significant experience in dealing with restructuring and disposition of distressed assets (mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, asset-backed securities and other asset types) including representation of the RTC, lenders, underwriters and developers over the course of his career.