Frank Mangiatordi is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on real estate finance matters including origination and purchase and sale of balance sheet, securitized, syndicated and mezzanine loans (including land, construction, repositioning, bridge and permanent loans), preferred equity transactions, distressed asset workouts, reorganizations, and the exercise of remedies (including, in connection with acquiring assets in lieu of foreclosure). Specifically, Frank has substantial experience working out individual loans and entire capital structures for both lenders and borrowers as well as exercising remedies on behalf of lenders, and structuring and negotiating complex financing arrangements.
Frank also has experience counseling on portfolio and single-asset acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, developments, sale/leasebacks, and leases. His clients have included institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants and developers.
In recognition of his work, Frank has been ranked by Chambers USA in its New York Real Estate: Finance category and named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers.
Frank’s recent experience includes:*
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Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure and STACK Infrastructure in the financings for numerous data center campuses and other sophisticated digital infrastructure transactions.
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A Sovereign Wealth Fund in the $6.9 billion financing for an acquisition of over 300 industrial assets. The financing included six separate loans for approximately $4.2 billion of proceeds in the aggregate.
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Ivanhoe Cambridge, Inc. in its more than $3 billion acquisition of IDI Logistics, LLC, which involved multiple lender negotiations and entry into a joint venture with Oxford Properties.
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The sponsor of Yotel New York in its workout and modification of mortgage financing, mezzanine financing and preferred equity, and subsequent refinancings.
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Fortress Investment Group in the financing of a senior mortgage loan (i.e., note-on-note financing).
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Fortress Investment Group in an equity investment and refinancing of a luxury condominium project in New York City.
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in the $455 million financing to affiliates of W.P. Carey in connection with the spin-off of its office real estate portfolio.
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JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. in the modification of a $1.195 billion senior loan originated for the development of the American Dream mall in New Jersey.
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APL Group in its $450 million credit facility from a group of lenders led by Morgan Stanley to provide financing for the acquisition and development of properties located across the United States.
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A Sovereign Wealth Fund in various joint ventures to hold credit investments in the U.S. that are subordinate debt and senior secured debt.
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MSD Capital in various joint ventures related to office, retail, hotel and multifamily properties.
He also has represented numerous other clients, including Blackstone, Brookfield Properties, Formation Capital, and WeWork, in various acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, leases and restructurings.
*Includes representations prior to Frank’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Frank received his B.B.A. from Loyola College, Maryland and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Frank was a partner at another leading international law firm.
Frank is admitted to practice in the state of New York.
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Credentials
Education:
- George Washington University - 2011 Juris Doctor
- Loyola University, Maryland - 2006 Bachelor of Business Admin.
Admissions:
- New York Bar