ACREL 2024 Annual Meeting

October 18, 2024

Michael Hamilton, chair of O’Melveny’s Project Development and Real Estate Group, along with partner Malcolm Montgomery will be presenters at the 2024 American College of Real Estate Lawyers Annual Meeting.

Welcome to the Party: Real Estate Loan Workouts and Enforcement in Today’s Downcycle

Friday, October 18, 2024
9:15 am– 10:00 am

Malcolm Montgomery will join a panel reviewing current real estate loan workouts and enforcement. He serves as a trusted advisor to these and numerous other clients on the full range of real estate matters, including domestic and cross-border investment and finance, leveraged lending and bank finance for REITs and other real estate companies, workouts and restructurings of construction, permanent and mezzanine loans, and credit facilities. The panel discussion will cover:

Loan workouts and restructurings in the non-CMBS context from counsel for the lender, counsel for the borrower and a litigator
Current enforcement strategies being utilized in today’s market, including receiverships, transfer-in-lieu arrangements, foreclosures and suits under recourse guarantees
How lender and borrower strategies may be affected by alleged violations of one-action laws, claims of clogging the equity of redemption and other enforcement defenses

Call Your M&A Partner for Help! REIT M&A and Consolidation

Saturday, October 19, 2024
9:15 am – 10:00 am

Michael Hamilton will be a featured panelist exploring REIT M&A and consolidation. He advises clients in real estate, finance, and corporate restructuring transactions, and is nationally recognized for his borrower-side finance practice, representing numerous borrowers in loans of all shapes and sizes across the nation. Topics covered in this panel discussion include: