 
		Seth M. Bloomfield
											Partner
					                    
				
			            			
			201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Seth focuses his practice in the area of debt finance representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders, and other fixed-income lenders in various corporate and real estate transactions, including syndicated and single-lender corporate credit facilities, CMBS loans, bridge loans, balance sheet loans, and mezzanine loans. Seth also represents major banks as warehouse lender under...
Seth focuses his practice in the area of debt finance representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders, and other fixed-income lenders in various corporate and real estate transactions, including syndicated and single-lender corporate credit facilities, CMBS loans, bridge loans, balance sheet loans, and mezzanine loans. Seth also represents major banks as warehouse lender under master repurchase credit facilities, including negotiation of facility documents, asset onboarding, loan sale issues, and negotiation of participation and co-lender agreements. Seth also represents lenders in connection with loan servicing matters, whole loan sales, table funding arrangements, and issues surrounding securitization.
 
		master repurchase credit facilities, including negotiation of facility documents, asset onboarding, loan sale issues, and negotiation of participation and co-lender agreements. Seth also represents lenders in connection with loan servicing matters, whole loan sales, table funding arrangements, and issues surrounding securitization.
Experience
Experience
- Represented administrative agents and lead arrangers in syndicated corporate and ABL credit facilities
- Closed real estate finance transactions nationwide secured by a variety of property types including hotels, mobile home parks, office space, retail, and multifamily
- Advised clients in connection with cash management arrangements, intercreditor agreements, warehouse lending facilities, note sales, and other issues surrounding the capital markets industry
Representative Transactions
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of an aggregate $119 million balance sheet loan portfolio consisting of 30 individual loans secured by 30 office properties in Arizona
- Represented administrative agent and lender in the origination of a $110 million term loan facility and related $40 million incremental facility secured by 79 convenience and gas stations in California
- Represented administrative agent and lender in the amendment and restatement of senior credit facilities consisting of a $62 million term loan, $2 million revolving loan, and $15 million development loan facility secured by 130 quick service restaurants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi
- Represented purchaser in the acquisition of a $50 million promissory note secured by a hotel and waterpark and negotiation of the related co-lender agreement
- Represented administrative agent and lender in a $37 million bankruptcy exit financing transaction secured by 43 convenience and gas stations in Colorado and Nebraska
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $37 million loan secured by an industrial facility in Tennessee
- Represented foreign lender in the origination of a $31 million multi-tranche fixed and floating rate balance sheet loan secured by a retail property in New York
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $24.5 million loan secured by a portfolio of two hotels in Florida
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $13 million floating rate loan secured by a medical office property in Texas
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $12 million mezzanine loan for the construction of a multifamily property in Georgia
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $9 million floating rate loan to tenant-in-common borrowers secured by a multifamily property in Georgia
- Represented seller in the origination and sale of a $5 floating-rate mezzanine loan to finance the acquisition of an office property in Michigan
Previous Professional Experience
- Bankruptcy and corporate restructuring attorney in New York
Education
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												                                                	Duke University School of Law,                                                
                                                                                                            JD,                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                        cum laude                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            (2013)
                                                    
																											
 - External Managing Editor, Duke Forum for Law and Social Change
 
- University of Maryland, BA, magna cum laude (2010)
Admissions
- Georgia
- New York
Practice Areas
Industries
Experience
- Represented administrative agents and lead arrangers in syndicated corporate and ABL credit facilities
- Closed real estate finance transactions nationwide secured by a variety of property types including hotels, mobile home parks, office space, retail, and multifamily
- Advised clients in connection with cash management arrangements, intercreditor agreements, warehouse lending facilities, note sales, and other issues surrounding the capital markets industry
Representative Transactions
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of an aggregate $119 million balance sheet loan portfolio consisting of 30 individual loans secured by 30 office properties in Arizona
- Represented administrative agent and lender in the origination of a $110 million term loan facility and related $40 million incremental facility secured by 79 convenience and gas stations in California
- Represented administrative agent and lender in the amendment and restatement of senior credit facilities consisting of a $62 million term loan, $2 million revolving loan, and $15 million development loan facility secured by 130 quick service restaurants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi
- Represented purchaser in the acquisition of a $50 million promissory note secured by a hotel and waterpark and negotiation of the related co-lender agreement
- Represented administrative agent and lender in a $37 million bankruptcy exit financing transaction secured by 43 convenience and gas stations in Colorado and Nebraska
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $37 million loan secured by an industrial facility in Tennessee
- Represented foreign lender in the origination of a $31 million multi-tranche fixed and floating rate balance sheet loan secured by a retail property in New York
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $24.5 million loan secured by a portfolio of two hotels in Florida
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $13 million floating rate loan secured by a medical office property in Texas
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $12 million mezzanine loan for the construction of a multifamily property in Georgia
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $9 million floating rate loan to tenant-in-common borrowers secured by a multifamily property in Georgia
- Represented seller in the origination and sale of a $5 floating-rate mezzanine loan to finance the acquisition of an office property in Michigan
Previous Professional Experience
- Bankruptcy and corporate restructuring attorney in New York
Media
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Banking and Finance Law (2022–2026)
Professional Activities
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of New York
- CRE Finance Council
- NACS, the Association for Convenience & Petroleum Retailing
- Commercial Finance Association, Atlanta Chapter
Seth focuses his practice in the area of debt finance representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders, and other fixed-income lenders in various corporate and real estate transactions, including syndicated and single-lender corporate credit facilities, CMBS loans, bridge loans, balance sheet loans, and mezzanine loans. Seth also represents major banks as warehouse lender under... master repurchase credit facilities, including negotiation of facility documents, asset onboarding, loan sale issues, and negotiation of participation and co-lender agreements. Seth also represents lenders in connection with loan servicing matters, whole loan sales, table funding arrangements, and issues surrounding securitization.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Experience
- Represented administrative agents and lead arrangers in syndicated corporate and ABL credit facilities
- Closed real estate finance transactions nationwide secured by a variety of property types including hotels, mobile home parks, office space, retail, and multifamily
- Advised clients in connection with cash management arrangements, intercreditor agreements, warehouse lending facilities, note sales, and other issues surrounding the capital markets industry
Representative Transactions
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of an aggregate $119 million balance sheet loan portfolio consisting of 30 individual loans secured by 30 office properties in Arizona
- Represented administrative agent and lender in the origination of a $110 million term loan facility and related $40 million incremental facility secured by 79 convenience and gas stations in California
- Represented administrative agent and lender in the amendment and restatement of senior credit facilities consisting of a $62 million term loan, $2 million revolving loan, and $15 million development loan facility secured by 130 quick service restaurants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi
- Represented purchaser in the acquisition of a $50 million promissory note secured by a hotel and waterpark and negotiation of the related co-lender agreement
- Represented administrative agent and lender in a $37 million bankruptcy exit financing transaction secured by 43 convenience and gas stations in Colorado and Nebraska
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $37 million loan secured by an industrial facility in Tennessee
- Represented foreign lender in the origination of a $31 million multi-tranche fixed and floating rate balance sheet loan secured by a retail property in New York
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $24.5 million loan secured by a portfolio of two hotels in Florida
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $13 million floating rate loan secured by a medical office property in Texas
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $12 million mezzanine loan for the construction of a multifamily property in Georgia
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $9 million floating rate loan to tenant-in-common borrowers secured by a multifamily property in Georgia
- Represented seller in the origination and sale of a $5 floating-rate mezzanine loan to finance the acquisition of an office property in Michigan
Previous Professional Experience
- Bankruptcy and corporate restructuring attorney in New York
Education
- 
                                                                                                            Duke University School of Law,                                                    
                                                                                                            JD,                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                        cum laude                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            (2013)
                                                    
																											
 - External Managing Editor, Duke Forum for Law and Social Change
 
- University of Maryland, BA, magna cum laude (2010)
Admissions
- Georgia
- New York
Practice Areas
Industries
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Banking and Finance Law (2022–2026)
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of New York
- CRE Finance Council
- NACS, the Association for Convenience & Petroleum Retailing
- Commercial Finance Association, Atlanta Chapter
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