Danielle Katzir is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. Danielle represents lenders, borrowers, opportunity and private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional real estate investors, developers and operators in a broad range of matters, including forming and representing joint ventures and negotiating joint venture agreements; acquisition, leasing and development, traditional construction, permanent and leasehold financing, preferred equity and mezzanine financing, and disposition of a wide range of commercial real estate asset classes, including vacant land, hotels, residential, office, retail and mixed-use buildings, shopping centers, and other commercial and residential properties throughout the United States. Danielle’s practice also includes representation of borrowers and lenders alike in the negotiation of settlement agreements, forbearance agreements, loan modifications, restructures and other workout arrangements, as well as in the commencement and completion of foreclosure proceedings. In addition, Danielle has helped to spearhead the firm’s growing EB-5 practice and has significant experience in the structuring of EB-5 financings. In this capacity, Danielle has represented developers and institutional lenders in connection with almost $1 billion of high-profile EB-5 financings secured by hotel, office, residential and retail assets, including large mixed-use developments and master-planned communities, across the western United States. Her role in these transactions includes negotiation of offering documentation, management agreements with regional centers and placement services arrangements with intermediaries and distributors. Danielle has also represented senior and junior lenders in intercreditor arrangements involving EB-5 financings, and has advised consumers of EB-5 funds regarding the integration of existing EB-5 programs into larger structured finance regime.
Danielle serves on the firm’s Los Angeles Area Diversity, Professional Development and Marketing Committees and also sits on the executive committee of LACBA’s Real Estate Finance section. Most recently, Danielle was ranked by the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of Chambers USA for her work in Real Estate. Also, she was the recipient of the 2019 Flex-Success Award from the Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. Danielle was recognized in Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and was selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers of America from 2019-2025.
She earned her law degree in 2004 with Honors from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, with a concentration in Behavioral Sciences, magna cum laude in 2001 from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2009, Danielle earned her Certificate of General Management from the University of California, Anderson School of Management, and received first prize in the National Capstone Case Competition in Technology Strategy.
Danielle is a member of the California Bar.
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Credentials
Education:
- University of California, Los Angeles - 2004 Juris Doctor
- University of Pennsylvania - 2001 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar