Overview
Sasan Behnood concentrates his practice in sophisticated real estate transactions, including the acquisition, development, leasing, and financing of real estate throughout the United States. Sasan’s current and previous clients include some of the largest developers, tenants, real estate holders, and financial institutions in the country.
Drawing on almost two decades of experience, Sasan strategically counsels clients in the purchase, sale, development, leasing, management and financing of virtually every type of real estate asset class – from offices and shopping centers, to hotels, hospitals, PUDs, industrial complexes, assisted living facilities, raw land and beyond – and does so across the spectrum of sophisticated transaction structures from joint ventures and public private partnerships, to bankruptcy remote entities, 1031 exchanges and Qualified Opportunity Zone transactions – all while navigating through complex title, regulatory, and environmental issues along the way.
As a former General Counsel and Executive Vice President of a national real estate lender, Sasan also brings extensive experience in the structuring and negotiations of complex real estate financial transactions including acquisition financing, construction financing, ground lease financing, mezzanine financing, loan workouts, warehouse lines, recourse carveout guarantees, note sale agreements and more. This unique intersection of skillsets enables him to strategically and advantageously structure transactions on behalf of his clients.
Sasan’s practice emphasizes practical deal terms and avoiding the pitfalls of over-lawyering to help deliver well-crafted deals that make sense for his clients.