Trevor Owens is of counsel in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department.

Mr. Owens specializes in the representation of foreign and domestic banks, insurance companies, debt fund managers, REITs, private equity firms and other institutional lenders in all aspects of complex real estate finance transactions, including the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans secured by commercial properties comprising all types and sizes of asset classes; the syndication, purchase and sale of whole loans and notes, together with the related intercreditor and/or co-lender agreement negotiations; equity investments through preferred equity arrangements; and restructurings, workouts and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure.

Mr. Owens earned his law degree in 2009 from the UCLA School of Law, with a Business Law & Policy specialization, and where he was a member of the UCLA Business Law Association and the UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs.  He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2004.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Owens was an associate in the real estate department of two other international law firms.

Mr. Owens is a member of the California, New York, and Texas Bars.

Select representative transactions include:

• Represented a debt fund manager in connection with its origination of $190M in mortgage and mezzanine loans to finance the ground up construction of a nationally branded hotel, including addressing issues related to C-PACE financing, opportunity zone investments, and municipal bond financings
• Represented a bank in connection with its origination of a $800M mortgage loan to finance the acquisition of a national portfolio of properties of different asset classes, including subsequent note syndications
• Represented a debt fund manager in connection with its origination of $80M in mortgage and mezzanine loans to finance the conversion on a historic industrial building into a mixed-use hotel and event space in New York City, including addressing issues related to historic tax credits and municipal ground leases
• Represented a debt fund manager in connection with its origination of a $184M mortgage loan and $46M preferred equity investment to finance the acquisition and renovation of a portfolio of office properties in Northern California
• Represented a REIT in connection with its purchase of a $53M mezzanine loan secured by the equity interests in the owner of a major hotel and resort in Florida
• Represented an insurance company in connection with its origination of a $470M mortgage loan to finance the acquisition of a national portfolio of industrial properties