John Tucker is a partner in corporate/transactions and real estate finance. He brings significant experience in real estate finance matters, representing funds, investment banks, lenders, and other related clients in commercial mortgage loans, securitization, and other secondary market transactions. John’s commercial real estate finance experience includes warehouse and repurchase facilities, preferred equity, mezzanine, subordinate, and pari passu financings, as well as whole loan sales, participations, splits, and syndications.

John is experienced in handling REITs, private equity funds, and other investors in the acquisition, disposition, financing, and development of all types of CRE. He handles acquisitions and dispositions of distressed assets in restructuring, foreclosures, discounted payoffs, and REO sales. He also represents lenders and borrowers in syndicated and non-syndicated credit facilities and other types of asset-backed transactions.

  • Lead counsel to CMBS lender in the origination of mortgage loans to repeat sponsor totaling $41,200,000, secured by two single tenant retail centers in Miami and Dania Beach, Florida
  • Lead counsel to CMBS lenders in the origination and securitization of mortgage loans to repeat sponsor totaling $45,000,000, secured by 491-unit multi-family complex in Miami and several multi-family complexes in Texas
  • Lead counsel to CMBS lender in the $23,300,000 joint venture financing of eight industrial and office properties located in New York, involving, among other things, Industrial Development Agency leases, PILOT programs and PILOT mortgage
  • Lead counsel to CMBS lender in the refinancing of two self-storage properties located in Brooklyn, New York, totaling $31,500,000
  • Lead counsel to CMBS lender in the refinancing of a GSA single tenant office building in Louisiana, totaling $36,000,000
  • Lead counsel to foreign bank in the origination and securitization of a $58,000,000 sub-leasehold mortgage loan structured as an IDOT and reverse 1031 exchange transaction, secured by a Class A office building located in Baltimore.Represented investment bank in the origination and securitization of two companion mortgage and mezzanine financings, secured by multiple properties in Massachusetts
  • Lead counsel to investment bank in the origination and securitization of ground lease mortgage financing of flagged hotel and convention center located in Austin, Texas
  • Representation of investment bank in the origination and subsequent securitization of two companion mortgage loans totaling $114,500,000 secured by two Class A office buildings and involving mezzanine debt totaling approximately $15,000,000
  • Lead counsel to securitized mortgage lender in the origination and securitization of a $37,000,000 financing of an industrial portfolio located in Charlotte, North Carolina, involving mezzanine debt
  • Represented national bank in the $75,000,000 sale-leaseback financing of multiple franchised restaurants located across multiple states, and subsequent bifurcation of such financing into a pari passu note structure
  • Represented public REIT in joint venture in connection with the $94,930,000 acquisition, financing and development of a Class A, “LEED”-certified, office building in Virginia
  • Represented public hospitality REIT in multiple acquisitions and financings of first class hotels and resorts across the country

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Munck Wilson Mandala Welcomes Partner John J. Tucker

Tucker is well known for his effective representation of funds, investment banks, lenders, and other key players in commercial real estate.  He represents clients in connection with commercial mortgage loan origination and servicing, securitization, and other secondary market transactions. He has significant experience in all aspects of commercial real estate finance, including structuring and advising

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Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, JD, 2002

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State Bar of Texas

Texas, 2002