PRACTICES
OVERVIEW
Drew is an Associate in the Business Department and a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Group.
Drew focuses his practice on representing institutional lenders, financial institutions, private commercial lenders, and insurance companies on a wide range of real estate lending transactions involving virtually every type of real estate asset. Drew is experienced in all facets of real estate lending, advising on lending issues, and drafting and negotiating documents for loans originated to be held on the balance sheet, to be sold in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market or to be syndicated (ranging from small facilities with a few lenders to large facilities with many lenders).
Drew has significant experience handling transactions involving fixed-rate, construction, bridge, floating-rate, and mezzanine loan transactions secured by all asset classes, including office, retail, hotel, multifamily, student housing, and industrial properties located throughout the United States. Drew has also advised lenders regarding workouts and restructuring of defaulted and non-performing loans.
Prior to joining the firm, Drew has held previous roles at national law firms in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Credentials
Bar and Court Admissions
District of Columbia
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 2016
Northern Illinois University, MA, 2010
Calvin College, BA, 2008
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Prior to joining White and Williams, Drew handled the following matters at his previous firms:
- $350 Million syndicated construction loan for an apartment building in Los Angeles, California
- $240 Million financing for a preferred equity takeover of four multifamily properties in Houston, Texas
- $178 Million refinance loan of four multifamily apartment buildings located in the East Coast
- $175 Million upsize syndicated portfolio loan in connection with industrial properties located in California, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois and Arizona
- $160 Million upsize syndicated portfolio loan in connection with properties located in California, Nevada and Florida to an existing portfolio consisting of properties located in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and California
- $140 Million acquisition loan for an industrial portfolio across the Midwest
- $110 Million syndicated construction loan for a mixed-use property in Reston, Virginia
- $105 Million acquisition bridge loan for a multifamily apartment building in Atlanta, Georgia
- $95 Million refinance syndicated loan for an office complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina
- $95 Million syndicated acquisition loan of a shopping center in Westchester County, New York
- $91 Million Dollar acquisition bridge loan of a multifamily apartment building in Atlanta, Georgia