Paul A.Gilbert

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Paul Gilbert represents the nation's leading financial institutions and capital providers in a diverse range of real estate transactions. Paul's practice encompasses the origination, administration, and restructuring of real estate secured loans, with a focus on construction and build-to-suit financing, ground leasehold financing, syndications, and participations and mezzanine lending.

Paul's extensive experience spans a broad spectrum of asset classes, including undeveloped land, data centers, office buildings and corporate campuses, life science facilities, research and innovation campuses, hotels, resorts, shopping centers, multifamily and mixed-use projects, and other commercial properties.

Throughout his career, Paul has executed transactions totaling billions of dollars on behalf of various major financial institutions. Recent examples of deals on which Paul has led include representing: the administrative agent in connection with a $598.9 million senior secured construction loan for the development of a 42-story office tower in Bellevue, Washington; the administrative agent in connection with a $277 million syndicated secured construction loan for the development of two medical and life science buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina's medical innovation district; and the administrative agent and joint lead arrangers in connection with a $306 million construction loan for the development of an office/lab building in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood.

In addition to his origination practice, Paul has in-depth experience in distressed real estate matters, including exercise of remedies, debt restructurings, loan workouts, and commercial foreclosures and deeds-in-lieu.

Experience

  • Granite Construction obtains $150 million term loanJones Day represented Granite Construction Incorporated, one of the largest diversified construction and construction materials companies in the United States, in connection with a $150 million term loan, which provided financing, in part, of its acquisition of certain stone and gravel supply companies.
  • Lennox obtains $350 million incremental increase to its existing credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Jones Day represented Lennox International Inc., a leading global provider of climate control solutions, in connection with an incremental increase of its unsecured credit facilities led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the bank syndicate, which provides for total revolving credit commitments of $1.1 billion.
  • Wells Fargo provides $277 million syndicated loan for construction and operation of two medical and life-science buildings in Charlotte's medical innovation districtJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $277 million syndicated loan for the construction and operation of two, 10+ story academic, medical and life-science buildings located within Charlotte's medical innovation district.
  • Wells Fargo and syndicate of lenders provide $600 million secured construction loan facility to industry-leading data center operatorJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and a lender, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as left lead arranger, in connection with the modification and $300 million upsize to an existing $300 million senior secured construction loan secured by a to-be-constructed data center buildings located in Goodyear, Arizona.
  • Wells Fargo and syndicate of lenders provide $300 million secured construction loan facility to industry-leading data center operatorJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and lender, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as left lead arranger, in connection with a $300 million senior secured construction loan secured by a to-be-constructed data center building located in Goodyear, Arizona.
  • Wells Fargo provides $43 million secured term loan facility to refinance and renovate hotel located in Bend, OregonJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and lender, in connection with a $43 million senior secured term loan facility provided to refinance and renovate a 221 room hotel located in Bend, Oregon.
  • Wells Fargo provides $269.8 million syndicated secured construction loan for life sciences and learning center in downtown Sacramento, CaliforniaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $269.8 million syndicated secured construction loan for the development of a life sciences and learning center located in downtown Sacramento, California.
  • Wells Fargo provides $78 million term loan facility secured by 314-unit apartment community to be constructed in Scottsdale, ArizonaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $78 million term loan facility secured by a 314-unit apartment community to be constructed in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  • National bank provides $60 million term loan facility secured by 230-unit apartment community located in San Diego's Cortez Hill neighborhoodJones Day represented a national bank, as administrative agent, in connection with a $60 million term loan facility secured by a 230-unit apartment community located in San Diego's Cortez Hill neighborhood.
  • Wells Fargo provides $475 million senior loan facility secured by portfolio of 12 multifamily properties across multiple statesJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with the origination of a $475 million senior loan facility secured by 12 multifamily properties across Arizona, California, and Illinois.
  • Wells Fargo provides $25.465 million senior term loan secured by five existing industrial buildings in North Hollywood, CaliforniaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $25.465 million senior term loan secured by five existing industrial buildings located in North Hollywood, California.
  • Wells Fargo provides $28.598 million senior term loan secured by retail shopping center in Pasadena, CaliforniaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $28.598 million senior term loan secured by a retail shopping center located in Pasadena, California.
  • Wells Fargo provides $306 million construction loan for development of office/lab building located in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhoodJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $306 million syndicated secured construction loan for the development of an office/lab building containing approximately 320,000 net rentable square feet and located in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood.
  • Wells Fargo provides $65.670 million senior term loan secured by three retail shopping centers in California and WashingtonJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $65.670 million senior term loan secured by three retail shopping centers located in Sacramento, California and Lake Forest Park, Washington.
  • Wells Fargo provides $77.525 million term loan secured by two shopping centers located in Sunnyvale, CaliforniaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $77.525 million senior secured term loan secured by two shopping centers located in Sunnyvale, California.
  • Wells Fargo provides $77.5 million term loan secured by apartment complex located in North Las Vegas, NevadaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $77.5 million senior secured term loan secured by a 336-unit apartment complex located in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Wells Fargo provides $39.5 million senior term loan secured by industrial building located in Morgan Hill, CaliforniaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $39.5 million senior term loan secured by a 258,122 square foot industrial building located in Morgan Hill, California.
  • Wells Fargo provides $121.2 million construction loan secured by 298-unit multifamily asset in Weehawken, New JerseyJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $121.2 million senior construction loan secured by a 298-unit multifamily asset located in Weehawken, New Jersey.
  • Wells Fargo provides $245 million construction loan secured by to-be-constructed high-rise building located in Los Angeles' historic Arts DistrictJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $245 million construction loan secured by a to-be-constructed 35-story mixed-use high-rise building located in Los Angeles' historic Arts District.
  • Wells Fargo provides $15.566 million senior term loan secured by office building in Sunnyvale, CaliforniaJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $15.566 million senior term loan secured by an office building located in Sunnyvale, California.
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