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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, announced that Susan E. D. Neuberg has joined the Finance Group of the firm’s Corporate Department, and will be resident in both the Washington D.C. and New York offices.

Ms. Neuberg is an experienced transactional lawyer recognized for her diverse expertise in the areas of real estate and structured

finance.

She represents clients in all facets of real estate including development, acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, workouts, foreclosures, portfolio and securitized lending. Ms. Neuberg advises on a range of diverse commercial real estate debt and equity transactions for Fortune 50 corporations, developers, life insurance companies, pension funds and their advisors, commercial and investment banks, master and special loan servicers, as well as domestic and international joint ventures and operating funds. Among her recent representations is advising a government agency in connection with various structured equity portfolio dispositions of failed bank assets.

With an extensive knowledge of capital markets and structured finance products, including CMBS, mezzanine debt, syndications, participations, and alternative real estate investment vehicles, she has been involved in the workout and restructure of numerous debt instruments collateralized by commercial properties of all types, including hotels, marinas and resorts, retail, condominium, industrial and office properties throughout the U.S. and abroad.

“Susan’s expertise is an ideal complement to our practice,” said Christopher White, Chairman of Cadwalader and Co-Chairman of the firm’s Corporate Department. “In this environment, in-depth knowledge of complex real estate finance structures is essential to advising master and special loan servicers and investors in managing nonperforming assets, restructuring or modifying securitized and non-securitized commercial loans and mezzanine debt, and handling foreclosures and bankruptcies. Susan has that knowledge as well as established relationships with many of our key clients. We are pleased to welcome her to our team.”

Ms. Neuberg also is experienced in the area of energy and project finance, having acted as lead real estate counsel in a variety of transactions involving nuclear power plants, electric power generating plants, biomass power, and cogeneration facilities.

Ms. Neuberg is a graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor of the Cardozo Law Review and a Founding Member of the Cardozo Women’s Annotated Legal Bibliography. She earned a Certificate in Cuban Law and Legal Institutions from the Center for Cuban Studies at New York University School of Law, and an A.M. in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies from Stanford University. She joins Cadwalader from the Real Estate and Global Finance practice at Nixon Peabody LLP. Ms. Neuberg previously was in-house counsel at Citigroup (successor to Travelers Insurance Company) where among other responsibilities she was senior counsel for Travelers Realty Investment Management and Asset Recovery Group.

A frequent author and speaker, she is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Real Estate Finance and Liens Committee; the District of Columbia Builders Industry Association (DCBIA); Capital Markets and Distressed Properties Committees and the Pension Real Estate Association, Membership Selection Committee. She has served on the Mezzanine Lending Subcommittee of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Regulatory Committee of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (CMSA). She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York, and Connecticut.

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