K&L Gates Bolsters Finance Practice With Charlotte Partner Addition

Charlotte – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Seth Ivey as a partner in its Finance practice. Ivey joins the firm’s Charlotte office from Dechert LLP.

Ivey focuses his practice on commercial real estate finance law with a particular interest in complex structured finance transactions. With more than a decade of experience, he has represented banks, private equity funds, insurance companies, mortgage real estate investment trusts, and other lenders and institutional investors in originating and syndicating structured loans secured by a broad range of commercial real estate asset classes, including multi-family homes, industrial and office spaces, retail, hospitality and restaurants, data centers, life science structures, mobile homes, self-storage units, assisted-living facilities, and other mixed-use properties.

Throughout his career, Ivey has led closing teams on high-value, time-sensitive transactions for some of the world’s largest commercial real estate owners, including multibillion-dollar single-asset, single-borrower loans for commercial mortgage-backed securitizations. He has drafted and negotiated agreements across a wide range of loan structures, which span securitized and balance sheet loans, bridge and term loans, mezzanine and construction financing, and warehouse facilities. His work also includes comprehensive diligence review for originations, syndications, and risk retention investments, as well as the negotiation of loan workout agreements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are thrilled to welcome Seth to our firm,” said Stacy Ackermann K&L Gates’ Global Managing Partner and a leader of the firm’s Finance practice. “Seth brings more than a decade of deep experience in commercial real estate finance, with a proven track record advising top-tier financial institutions on complex structured finance transactions. His arrival strengthens our capabilities in Charlotte and enhances our ability to serve clients across the full spectrum of real estate finance matters.”

“Seth’s arrival marks an exciting step in the continued growth of our Charlotte office,” said Brett Durham, Managing Partner of K&L Gates’ Charlotte office. “His roots in the local legal and business communities, combined with his extensive experience in commercial real estate finance, make him a tremendous asset to our clients and our team. We’re proud to welcome a lawyer of his caliber as we continue to expand our presence in this dynamic market and throughout our global platform.”

Ivey’s arrival follows the addition of several new partners who have joined the firm’s global Finance practice since the start of last year including Gareth McCarter and Sonya Van de Graaff in London, Rob White and Claudine Salameh in Sydney, Andrea Spellerberg in Munich, Torsten Limberg in Frankfurt, Chiara Anceschi and her team in Milan, and Duc Nguyen and Samuel Kolehmainen in Singapore.

K&L Gates’ global Finance practice integrates the many disciplines involved in financing and restructuring transactions across markets and industries around the globe. With lawyers in offices across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America, the practice maintains a balance between buy-side and sell-side representation in its work on behalf of lenders, borrowers, servicers, collateral managers, trustees, rating agencies, investors, and other participants in a wide array of financing transactions.