Education | | J.D., 1989, New York University School of Law | | B.A., 1986, with highest honors, Barnard College, Columbia University |
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Memberships | | Colorado Women's Bar Association |
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| Ana is co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department. She also chairs the firm's Finance & Lending Group with an emphasis on corporate and real estate lending, representing investment banks, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, institutional investors and insurance companies, as well as borrowers with regard to senior, mezzanine, permanent and floating loans secured by real estate, corporate assets and other collateral.
Regarding mortgage and asset portfolios, structured loan and credit facilities and single and multi-property commercial mortgage loans, Ana has served as counsel to many high-profile companies, including AIG Global Investment Corp., Madison Capital Management, LLC, Fortress Investment Corp., RBS Greenwich Capital, Natixis Real Estate Capital, Credit Suisse and SunAmerica Life Insurance Company. Her work for these clients includes the making of senior and mezzanine loans, negotiating equity investments (including preferred equity returns), and securing multi-million dollar commercial fixed (or floating rate) loans secured by commercial real estate, including hotels, resorts, commercial retail and industrial portfolios, as well as residential apartment complexes located throughout the United States, intended for both the capital securitization markets and for the clients' balance sheets.
Ana, in addition to structured finance transactions, has represented clients in both the sale and purchase of A/B/C notes, participation and syndication interests in loans, mezzanine loans, and financings involving preferred equity. She has also served as counsel to large real estate borrowers, including Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust and KSL Capital Partners in connection with their $200-$600 million in acquisition financing.
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Representative Matters | | Leveraged dividend recapitalization of Cross MediaWorks, Inc. existing senior and subordinated indebtedness. | | Represent an investor in the acquisition of a $13 million senior secured note at a discount which could be paid off by the borrower for the discounted amount plus a high return. In this structure, the borrower and investor would cooperate to cause the transaction to occur in a mutually-beneficial manner. If a payoff was not made, there would be interference with the foreclosure process. In this case, Brownstein established interference clauses that will give rise to personal liability. | | Represented Opbiz, LLC in the modification of a $800 million loan entailing the rebalancing of the cash reserves from operations for both the borrower and the lender's use. | | Represented Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC in a loan, secured by real property, to Sierra Nevada College. | | The Firm served as lead transaction counsel for the lender, AIG Annuity Insurance Company, in a structured loan comprised of a $21 million senior loan secured by 3,000 acres in New Mexico and a fully-functioning water treatment facility, and a $7 million mezzanine loan secured by 100 percent of the membership interests in the property owner. | | view all >> |
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