Kevin A. Wakefield

Kevin Wakefield represents banks, life insurance companies, debt funds, and other institutional lenders in complex commercial real estate financings nationwide. His practice spans the full capital stack and deal life cycle, including origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans, single-asset single-borrower (SASB) and conduit securitizations, secondary market loan sales and acquisitions, negotiation of intercreditor agreements, and workouts of nonperforming loans.

Kevin has served as lead attorney in all aspects of loan origination across all major asset classes, including hotels, office complexes, mixed-use buildings, retail, multifamily, and industrial properties. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2026, Kevin represented clients in numerous multimillion dollar matters, including a national bank in a mortgage loan secured by 20 single-tenant industrial properties across multiple states, including the SASB securitization of the loan shortly after origination; a debt fund in a mezzanine loan secured by an industrial property located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; an institutional lender in a mortgage loan secured by an office property in Dallas, Texas, including related warehouse financing provided by two national banks; an investment manager in a preferred equity investment for a New York City multifamily development; and a life insurance company in connection with a mortgage loan secured by an affordable housing development located in Menlo Park, California.

Kevin's capital markets perspective and familiarity with rating agency criteria are informed by his prior experience at a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) where he provided legal analysis of commercial mortgage loans included in CMBS (commercial mortgage-backed securities) transactions.