Qualifications and Career Profile
Andrew L. Jagoda has practiced in both the private sector and the public sector. Mr. Jagoda focuses his practice on real estate financing; the workout, restructuring and sale of distressed assets; development; construction; acquisitions (both single asset and portfolio); joint ventures and leasing.
Mr. Jagoda has represented insurance companies, banks, foreign and municipal governments, foreign and US investment funds, not-for-profit organizations, landlords, tenants, individual investors, hotel owners, building owners and outdoor advertisers in a wide variety of real estate transactions. These transactions have included the acquisition and sale of, construction and permanent financing for, leasing of, and negotiation of management agreements for hotels, office buildings, multifamily properties (both market-rate and affordable housing), industrial and warehouse facilities and municipal government facilities, on both an individual property basis and on a portfolio basis. The transactions have also involved the workout, restructuring and foreclosure of real estate mortgage loans for condominium projects, hotels, multifamily properties, office buildings and industrial properties. Mr. Jagoda has also represented borrowers in negotiating workouts with banks and CMBS servicers.
Mr. Jagoda has served as counsel at the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), a federal agency charged with the disposition of real estate assets from failed financial institutions. While at the RTC, he advised on the disposition, in both portfolios and at auctions, of approximately US$4 billion of assets, including non-performing mortgage loans, land loans, foreclosed real estate, residential loans, corporate credit loans and environmentally impaired assets. He also developed documentation and procedures used nationally by the RTC for portfolio disposition and financing, the sale and financing of single assets and joint ventures between the RTC and investors for the disposition of land loans and foreclosed land assets.
Prior to joining Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Mr. Jagoda represented China Huarong Asset Management Corporation (Huarong), an agency of the government of the People's Republic of China, in a series of bulk sales (structured as joint ventures between Huarong and investors) of over US$1 billion of non-performing loans and foreclosed properties in one of the first such transactions conducted in China.
Mr. Jagoda has also represented private foundations in the recovery of art stolen during the Holocaust.
Lectures and Articles
Mr. Jagoda has given lectures and published articles on various real estate topics. His recent lectures include:
- “Dealing With Borrower Defense Strategies in Commercial Loan Default and Mortgage Foreclosure Matters - A Practical Guide for Lenders,” Practising Law Institute (June 18, 2009).
Education and Bar/Court Admissions
Mr. Jagoda earned his J.D. from Harvard University,
cum laude, in 1984 and earned his B.A.,
magna cum laude, in 1981 from Brandeis University, where he was admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Real Estate Board of New York. He is licensed to practice in New York and before the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.