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Madison Avenue Transaction Caps Flurry of New York Real Estate Transactions Handled by Haynes and Boone

NEW YORK – The recent $285 million sale of the 660 Madison Avenue office tower – reportedly the largest single-asset transaction completed in the U.S. during 2010 – topped a period of heavy activity for Haynes and Boone New York real estate attorneys.

Firm lawyers also handled the largest Manhattan lease negotiated to completion in 2010, and the second largest office building sale by gross price completed during the fourth quarter.

“These transactions are indicative of the high caliber work being performed by the attorneys we’ve brought on board in the last year or so,” said New York office Managing Partner Kenneth Bezozo. “Quite simply, Haynes and Boone has become a major player in the New York and East Coast real estate markets by virtue of these attorneys and the extraordinary clients they represent.” >>



Carolyn E. Sullivan

Partner

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Areas of Practice

Education

  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1992
  • B.A., Finance, Fordham University, 1985

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 1992
Carolyn E. Sullivan
Carolyn Sullivan is a partner in the finance practice at Haynes and Boone in New York. Ms. Sullivan practices in all areas of commercial real estate and finance with a particular concentration on restructurings and workouts. Ms. Sullivan has represented institutional lenders, banks, funds and other investors in connection with the structuring, origination, acquisition and sale of mortgage loans, b-notes, mezzanine loans, and other debt and equity positions. She also represents clients in connection with the acquisition and sale of real estate. Ms. Sullivan's practice is currently focused on representing lenders and borrowers in connection with loan workouts, restructurings and mortgage and mezzanine foreclosures.

Selected Representative Experience


Innkeepers USA Trust
Representation of Midland Loan Services, the special servicer for an $825 million mortgage debt, in the Chapter 11 case of InnkeepersUSA Trust. Innkeepers' attempt to enter into a plan support agreement regarding a debt-for-equity swap was defeated. Midland's efforts resulted in the properties being placed on the market and a substantial increase in creditor recoveries.