Education

J.D., 1991, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
B.B.A., Finance, 1988, Southern Methodist University

Admitted

Colorado

Distinctions

Memberships

Colorado Women's Bar Association

Community Involvement

Board of Directors, Parkinson Association of the Rockies

Board of Directors, Co-Chair Programs Committee, NAIOP

Board of Directors, Colorado Rush Soccer Association

Lea Ann Fowler

Lea Ann's practice focuses primarily on commercial real estate and asset based lending involving loan origination, mezzanine financing and CMBS securitization. She represents both financial institutions and borrowers on issues related to corporate finance, real estate acquisition and disposition, and leasing of office, retail and industrial properties. Her lending experience includes restructurings of large multi-tiered financing structures secured by major hotel and mixed-use condo and retail real estate developments involving large institutional senior and mezzanine lenders and equity investors. 

Lea Ann has represented a range of prominent commercial lending institutions and conduit lenders, including RBS Greenwich Capital, Credit Suisse, Column Financial, and KeyBank National Association. Representation of these and such other high profile clients includes serving as lead counsel in the origination of multi-million dollar senior and mezzanine structured financings secured by commercial real estate and corporate asset types of all kinds, including hotel, mixed use condominium projects, retail, office and industrial portfolios. On the borrower side, Lea Ann serves as counsel to commercial real estate developers and private equity firms in the structuring and negotiation of large multi-tiered acquisition, construction and refinancing loan transactions, including workouts and restructuring of such loans.

In addition to structured finance transactions, Lea Ann has represented clients in loan participations and note purchase sale transactions. She has also represented borrowers, including Affordable Residential Communities, in closing over $500 million in defeasance transactions relating to the sale of its $2 billion real estate portfolio.

Representative Matters

Represented DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners in the sale of the Renaissance Charleston Hotel, a full service, 166-room Marriott managed hotel located in Charleston, South Carolina, to Diamond Rock Hospitality Co.
Represented the owner of the Landmark Condominiums and a retail mixed-use development in the $30 million DIP financing facility for Hypo Real Estate Capital, priming existing liens.
Represented a management company in a $109 million refinancing project secured by a 41-property business park.
Representing a commercial real estate developer in connection with a multi-tiered $200 million senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt financing of a mixed use development including a lifestyle retail shopping center and two luxury residential condominium towers located in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Representing DLJ Capital Partners in connection with its $120 million financing of a 565 key multi-state hotel portfolio.
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Publications & Presentations

"Fundamentals of Commercial Loan Documentation."  
"What Borrowers Should Negotiate in a Conduit Loan Transaction."