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Experience:
Douglas Wisner is a finance attorney who concentrates on real estate related projects including gaming (commercial and Native American), hotels, resorts, office, residential and mixed use developments. His practice focuses particularly on representing investment banks, commercial banks and other arrangers of construction, bridge, mezzanine and permanent credit facilities in domestic and cross-border capital markets and leveraged bank transactions. Douglas also represents administrative agents in the workout and restructure of distressed real estate projects and advises clients with respect to loan portfolio purchases and dispositions. The Legal 500 United States has recognized Douglas as "an expert in secured loan transactions."
In addition to leading Mayer Brown's real estate practice group in New York, Douglas is a Firm Practice Leader for Mayer Brown's global real estate practice group.
Douglas joined Mayer Brown in 1994 as a partner. Previously, he was a partner at a prominent law firm in New York.
Notable Engagements:
Representing the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Disbursement Agent in two separate delayed draw term loan and revolving loan/letter of credit facilities to finance the construction of two hotel/casinos, each of which is located on the "Strip" in Las Vegas.
Representing the issuer of a letter of credit to provide credit support to Enterprise Zone Revenue Bonds issued by the District of Columbia to finance the construction of a hotel, residential and retail development located in Washington, DC.
Representing the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent in separate delayed draw term loan facilities to finance the construction of hotel resorts located in Los Cabos, Baja, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Representing the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent in separate delayed draw term loan and revolving loan/letter of credit facilities to finance the construction of a video lottery terminal facility and improvements to a racetrack located in Yonkers, New York and a hotel/casino in Detroit, Michagan.
Representing the Arranger and the Administrative Agent in separate delayed draw term loan and revolving loan/letter of credit facilitiesto finance the construction of a luxury hotel/condominium tower located on Paradise Island, The Bahamas and to efinance existing indebtedness and finance the construction of improvements to three hotels and a casino located in Nassau, The Bahamas.
Representing the Arranger and the Administrative Agent in separate Eurodollar denominated delayed draw facilities to finance the construction of a hotel resort located near Sienna, Italy and a private residence club located in Venice, Italy.
Representing the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent of credit facilities to Native American Indian Tribes to finance the construction of casinos located in Florida and California and provide working capital facilities to fund operations and off-reservation investments.
Representing various Administrative Agents in connection with defaulted loans secured by hotels, casinos, and condominiums under various stages of construction located in New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Miami and Palm Beach.
Representing the Administrative Agent in connection with the workout and restructure of two synthetic lease transactions that were part of the AMERCO bankruptcy (the parent company of U-Haul) secured by approximately 250 storage centers located throughout the United States.
·Representing the Administrative Agent in connection with the workout and restructure of a revolving credit facility with a national residential home builder secured by completed homes, homes under various stages of construction and unimproved land.
Education:
Boston College Law School, JD, 1978, University of Illinois, BA, 1975. | 