Mr. Katz represents private equity funds and investment banks in all aspects of their investment and financing activities. He has extensive transactional experience in acquisitions, senior and mezzanine financings, loan workouts and restructurings, joint ventures, and development and disposition of commercial real estate assets throughout the United States and the Caribbean. He also represents investors in the acquisitions of performing and nonperforming real estate assets (including whole loan acquisitions, participation interests, interests in the non-rated tranches of securitized loans and real estate assets being sold through the bankruptcy courts).

Among other national clients, Mr. Katz has represented Goldman Sachs, the Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds (since their inception in 1991), AllianceBernstein US Real Estate Partners, the JBG Companies, the J.E. Robert Companies, Marathon Real Estate Opportunity Funds, Archon Group, Eton Park Capital, and the Tampa Bay Rays. He is regularly involved in a wide range of acquisition and finance transactions.

Mr. Katz was recognized as a leading real estate lawyer in Washington, DC by Chambers USA for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. He was also recognized as a leading real estate lawyer by Legal 500 for 2011 and 2012.