Ferdinand J. Gallo III

Ferdinand J. Gallo III is a partner in Katten’s New York Real Estate Practice. Mr. Gallo concentrates his practice in real estate law, primarily in the areas of commercial development, commercial acquisitions and dispositions, preferred equity investments, project finance and conventional, construction and mezzanine financing on behalf of both borrowers and lenders. After more than a decade of practice in Katten’s Chicago office, Mr. Gallo relocated to New York.

Mr. Gallo regularly represents commercial banks, insurance companies, finance companies, real estate investment trusts and other real estate investors in connection with commercial real estate financing transactions and investments. He has coordinated real estate investments across the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, including multi-state transactions involving the acquisition and financing of portfolios of non-performing and under-performing loans and real estate owned assets from commercial finance companies, construction and mezzanine loan facilities for mixed-use projects throughout the U.S. and Mexico, working capital facilities for hotel operators, real estate developers and REITs, and the formation of joint ventures and advice in conjunction with preferred equity investments. Mr. Gallo’s practice has also included substantial matters related to hotel development, management and financing projects. Mr. Gallo also has extensive experience in loan workouts, enforcement proceedings, restructurings and conveyances in lieu of foreclosure on behalf of commercial lenders, and the disposition of distressed loans and real estate assets.

Mr. Gallo graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in policy analysis, with distinction, and received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, in 1993 from Northwestern University School of Law where he was the Managing Editor of the Journal of International Law and Business, and the recipient of the 1993 Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Legal Scholarship. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York.