Jon S. Robins

In his practice, Jon Robins handles a broad range of finance, equity investment, and real estate activities for clients in the private equity fund, capital market, institutional lender, REIT, hedge fund, developer, owner/operator, corporate, and investor space.

For more than two decades, Jon has represented lenders and equity providers, including conduit lenders, banks, insurance companies, family offices, and private equity and debt funds in diverse matters such as the formation of joint ventures, structuring and making preferred equity investments, the origination, purchase, sale, restructuring and enforcement of mortgage loans; mezzanine and construction loans; subordinate (“B”) notes; participation and co-lender interests; and in structuring and negotiating inter-creditor, co-lender, and participation and servicing agreements. In complex and novel structures of mortgage and mezzanine loans, he often represents CMBS lenders and borrowers.

Other significant representations include lenders and borrowers in deed-in-lieu and assignment-in-lieu transactions; acquisitions by ground lease, development, leasing, repositioning and disposition of hotels, restaurants, retail centers, multi-family properties, and office buildings on behalf of private equity funds, developers, and institutions; several UCC sales to realize on defaulted mezzanine loan collateral; experience with both acquirers and targets involving the real estate aspects of corporate M&A transactions; and capital providers in receivables financing, factoring and asset-based lending, and in the workout of such transactions.

Additionally, Jon has wide-ranging experience with tenancy-in-common financing as well as financing hospitality properties. In terms of purchase and sale of distressed debt, both buyers and sellers have engaged Jon, and he regularly advises clients on both strategy and tactics to resolve default situations and enforce remedies.

Jon regularly presents on related topics.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2023-2026
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2021-2025
•Real Estate, 2021-2025
•Real Estate: Finance, 2021-2025
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Real Estate> Real Estate Finance, 2025
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023