CRE Finance Attorney Joins Venable

A 28-year veteran CRE attorney, Honig has served at a variety of firms, including Schulte Roth & Zabel.

NEW YORK CITY—Venable has brought on commercial real estate finance attorney Ross Honig, as a partner here. He comes to the firm from the local office Winston & Strawn, where was of counsel for nearly 12 years. Previously in his 28-year career, Honig has served at several different firms, including Schulte Roth & Zabel. Honig represents financial institutions, public and private commercial lenders, sellers, and purchasers in real estate transactions, including financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and leases. He has particular experience representing commercial mortgage lenders intending to include loans in commercial mortgage-backed security transactions, which have regained favor in recent years as a critical form of large-scale financing and as an asset class among institutional investors. In addition to fixed-rate and other permanent loan transactions throughout the United States, Honig also has advised his clients on construction, bridge, and mezzanine loan transactions secured by all asset classes of properties. He also has counseled clients in mortgage loan purchase and sale agreements, as well as loan participations, syndications, and intercreditor agreements. Honig also advises lending clients on workouts and restructuring of defaulted and non-performing loans. Additionally, he has represented sellers and purchasers of real property, as well as commercial landlords and tenants in leasing transactions. “The CMBS market has come back strong in the last several years to make a big impact on the commercial property market nationally,” declres Peter Koffler, chair of Venable’s New York real estate group. “Ross’s deep well of financing experience—especially his experience with CMBS deals—adds a critical component to our team. Koffler continues, “He has covered the waterfront in CRE transactions, and has handled some of the most complex financings that have taken place over the last 10 years. Our practice will benefit greatly from his addition.” Adds Honig, “Venable has a stellar platform and reputation for high-end CRE work. I’ve worked with a number of the firm’s real estate attorneys in Baltimore and Washington and have watched with interest how the New York office has quickly grown to a full-scale team of professionals, handling the most sophisticated financings and transactions. This is a terrific opportunity to further grow my practice and align my transactional skill set with a top-flight group of colleagues.”