William W. Post

Partner

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Workouts & Creditors’ Rights

William W. Post

Partner

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Workouts & Creditors’ Rights

Bio

William W. Post is a Partner in the firm’s Real Estate & Corporate/Business Practice Groups. Bill has over thirty-five years of experience in representing private and public companies, including real estate investment trusts and individual investors in all aspects of commercial real estate, including sales and acquisitions, financings, leasing, development and management of office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, warehouse buildings and residential apartment complexes located throughout the United States, as well as the day-to-day operations of such properties. Bill has extensive experience in the negotiation of purchase agreements for single and large portfolio sales and loan documents with CMBS, insurance companies as well as national and regional lenders. Bill is also well versed on tax deferred strategies in connection with those transactions and working through forbearance and other workout agreements on behalf of borrowers. His leasing work has included leases to credit tenants, Fortune 500 companies to small companies, professional firms and retail and restaurant tenants.

“I pride myself in becoming familiar with our client’s business needs in order to provide timely and to the point advice that will facilitate their transaction and accomplish their goals within their required time constraints.”

Recent transactions include:

  • Represented public company in the disposition of over 30 shopping center properties located throughout the county over the course of a year in single and multi-property sales generating more than $750 million in proceeds.
  • Represented a borrower in a deed in lieu transaction that resulted in the conveyance of a 220,000 sq. ft. commercial office building to its lender with favorable tax consequences.
  • Represented partnership in a sale of $100 million warehouse property and subsequent reinvestment of all proceeds in exchange properties including zero coupon debt financing all during height of COVID pandemic.
  • Represented partnerships in closing of CMBS loans involving 30 and 70 property portfolios, respectively, located across the country.
  • Represented public company in its planned liquidation of its assets over the course of several years yielding proceeds in excess of its net asset value.
  • Represented the owner in the $121 million sale of the tallest commercial office building in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Represented private companies in the disposition of historic hotels in Denver, Colorado and Dallas, Texas.
  • Represented owners in the sale of 50 Fairfield Inn by Marriott and 30 Days Inns franchised properties located throughout the United States.
  • Represented borrower in a $500 million refinancing of a portfolio of 400 net leased mixed use properties with CMBS lender.
  • Continued representation of landlord of one of the largest office buildings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for over 20 years in its leasing work for the property.

Prior to becoming a partner of the firm, Bill was a partner at Post Heymann & Koffler LLP which he co-founded in 1994 that represented both public and private real estate companies, and prior to that was associate counsel to a Boston based real estate investment firm.

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