Lawyer Bio : Elizabeth C. Lee

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Elizabeth C. Lee

Washington, DC

Elizabeth Lee concentrates her practice in representing institutional lenders in all aspects of secured lending, including construction and permanent financing, mezzanine financing, real estate loan syndications and loan participations, as well as real property secured loan restructuring, workout, foreclosure and REO disposition.
 
Representative troubled loan transactions include:
 
  • Represented Lead Lender and Syndication Agent in restructuring of $140,000,000 Construction Loan Facility for a hotel/office project in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Represented Lead Lender and Administrative Agent in foreclosure of $50,000,000 Residential Lot Development Facility.
  • Represented National Bank in Restructuring of a $24,000,000 matured construction loan secured by retail property in Lynchburg, Virginia.
  • Represented Lead Lender and Syndication Agent in Foreclosure of $50,000,000 Syndicated Secured Loan secured by large residential development project in Cambridge, Maryland.
  • Represented Major Regional Bank in Distressed Loan Sale.
  • Represented National Life Insurance Company as Senior Participant in connection with deed-in-lieu of foreclosure on commercial office campus in North Carolina.
Representative loan transactions include:
 
  • Represented Lead Lender and Syndication Agent in $129,000,000 Construction Loan Facility for a mixed use multi-family/retail project in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Represented Lead Lender and Syndication Agent in $196,000,000 Construction Loan Facility for a commercial office building in Alexandria, Virginia.
  • Represented Lead Lender and Syndication Agent in $134,000,000 Construction Loan Facility for a mixed use office/retail project in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Represented Lead Lender and Syndication Agent in $160,000,000 Construction Loan Facility for a mixed use residential/retail/condominium project in the District of Columbia. Project named “2006 Finance Project of the Year” by Washington Business Journal.
  • Represented National Life Insurance Company in $145,000,000 Permanent Loan to National Investment Advisor for multi-building, multi-tenant office project in the District of Columbia.
  • Represented National Life Insurance Company in connection with Shariah compliant portfolio loan.
  • Represented National Pension Fund in $115,000,000 Permanent Loan for multi-building, multi-tenant office project in Loudoun County, Virginia.
  • Represented National Life Insurance Company in connection with $90,000,000 Loan for portfolio of suburban office buildings.
  • Represented Major Regional Bank in $46,250,000 Construction Loan Facility for a GSA-leased office building in Northwest Washington, DC.
  • Represented Subsidiary of National Bank in $19,300,000 Healthcare Loan to Private Healthcare REIT, secured by five managed-care facilities in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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Professional Activities

Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
 
Member, Council, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, American Bar Association, 2006 to present.
 
Co-Chair, Standing Committee on CLE, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, American Bar Association, 2009-present; Real Property Division Co-Chair, 2007-2009; Division Vice-Chair, 2006-2007; Committee Member, 2004-present.
 
Board of Governors, Mortgage Bankers Association of Metropolitan Washington, 2004-2006. 2006 Recipient of Association’s “MVP Award”.
 
Chair, Mortgage Lending Committee, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, American Bar Association, 2002-2005; Vice-Chair, 1998-2002.
 
Member, Income Property Committee, Mortgage Bankers Association of Metropolitan Washington, 1999 to present.
 
Admitted to the bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1986, New Jersey; 1991, District of Columbia.

Education

B.A., 1981, Oberlin College, with honors; J.D., 1985, Georgetown University Law Center; Lead Articles Editor, Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, 1984-1985.

Prior Legal Experience

Principal and Associate, David, Hagner, Kuney & Davison, P.C., Washington, D.C., 1989-1998;
Associate, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, 1985-1989.

Publications

“The Due Diligence Process In Commercial Mortgage Loan Transactions”, Young Lawyers’ Institute, ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, April 2007.
 
Chapter 11, “Uncle Sam as Tenant: Special Lease Review and Perfection Issues in U.S. Government Leases,” The Commercial Property Lease (Vol. III), published by the American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Fall, 2000.
 
“Transfer Restrictions in Commercial Real Estate Loan Documents (with forms),” The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, May 1998.

Additional Information

Firm Management Responsibilities
Chair, WCSR Professional Development Committee, 2005-present;
Member, WCSR Personnel Committee, 2006-present.