​L. Mark Osher is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York and Los Angeles offices.  He is a member of the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Mr. Osher has broad experience representing both borrowers and lenders in all aspects of capital markets and balance sheet financing, including the origination, securitization and participation of senior and subordinate mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, credit facilities, as well as preferred equity investments.  In addition, he represents these same clients in distressed situations, including foreclosures, workouts and restructurings.

Mr. Osher also routinely represents institutional and non-institutional real estate developers and operators, opportunity funds, private equity funds and hedge funds in acquiring, developing, operating and selling a broad range of commercial real estate asset classes, including vacant land, office and retail buildings, industrial projects, shopping centers, multifamily complexes and hotels and resorts located throughout the United States.  In connection with such investments, he is also experienced in negotiating management agreements, leasing agreements and joint-venture agreements for both operators and their capital partners.

Mr. Osher is a frequent speaker on varied real estate topics, including most recently as a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California School of Law.

Mr. Osher earned his law degree in 1997 with honors from Rutgers University School of Law.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history cum laude in 1994 from Saint Joseph’s University.

Mr. Osher is admitted to practice in the States of New York and California.