
Sarah E. Swain
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
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Assists with periodic acquisitions and dispositions via deed transfers of owned real property located throughout the US.
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Assists with ongoing construction advice and preparation of construction contracts for a religious nonprofit organization operating in hundreds of locations globally.
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Assisted with the preparation and negotiation of multiple construction contracts for renovation / fit-out projects for an information technology company operating at various locations in the US.
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Assisted with the real estate transactional aspects of the separation of a global industrial manufacturing company into two independent, industry-leading companies.
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Assisted with the real estate transactional aspects of the separation of a global computer software manufacturing company into two independent, industry-leading companies.
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Assisted with advice to a luxury fashion retailer and supported the transfer of approximately 250 leases, in connection with its global reorganization.
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Assisted with ongoing leasing advice to a global marketing services provider, in connection with its US properties.
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Supported the preparation of financing documentation in connection with the bankruptcy restructuring of two oil & gas companies, valued at USD 2.25 billion.
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Supported the construction of multiple US retail stores for one of Europe's largest grocery chains, valued at more than USD 400 million.
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Supported the closing of a joint venture agreement with a large US commercial real estate developer for mixed-use development of a vacant 62-acre parcel in Chicago, with projected development costs estimated at USD 3.9 billion.
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Assisted with advice to a leading integrated retailer in connection with the transfer of 69 of its properties into a real estate investment trust, as part of a larger transaction involving the transfer of 235 of its properties valued at approximately USD 2.3 billion.
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Assisted with advice to a luxury hotel owner for the defeasance of a first mortgage and closing of a new USD 65 million mortgage loan for a resort in Mexico and for the USD 454 million refinancing of three luxury hotels in the United States.
Admissions
- California~United States (2019)
- Illinois~United States (2014)
Education
- John Marshall Law School (JD) (2014)
- Tufts University (BA English) (2002)