PRACTICES
OVERVIEW
Volodymyr (“Vlod”) Basok represents real estate investors, private and institutional lenders and developers in a range of commercial real estate transactions, with concentration on commercial real estate financing matters. He draws on his previous experience working in-house for an international commercial bank and major national insurance company to understand the perspective of his clients and their stakeholders.
Vlod's experience encompasses a wide range of real estate related issues, including financing major construction and renovation projects, mezzanine lending deals, complex syndicated transactions, affordable housing projects, secured and unsecured credit facilities, preferred equity and property acquisitions.
Vlod is experienced in resolving complex title issues, handling multi-layered co-lender arrangements, ground and space leases, construction-related contracts, purchase and sale agreements, franchise agreements. He also often works on issuing various legal opinions, including non-consolidation opinions, true lease and state law enforceability opinions.
Vlod speaks Ukrainian, Russian and Polish.
Credentials
Bar and Court Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Education
New York Law School, JD, cum laude, 2008
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, BA/MA, 1998
Languages
- Polish
- Russian
- Ukranian
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Represented a private equity lending institution in a $142 million construction loan for a major multi-family development
- Represented an international bank in a $65 million syndicated loan for construction of a multi-family mixed use project
- Represented a sophisticated national mezzanine lender in refinancing $52 million for construction of a mixed use development
- Represented a private developer in acquisition and financing of a $41 million portfolio of hospitality properties across various states
- Represented a major developer in refinancing a $40 million portfolio of cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted retail properties
- Represented an international bank in a $82 million syndicated loan for construction of the multi-family mixed use project
- Represented a commercial lender in a $65 million acquisition loan of an office building