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Overview
Eric Schwitzer is a finance partner of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. His practice primarily focuses on fund finance and real estate finance. Eric represents major financial institutions, together with private credit and private equity funds in connection with complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including capital commitment-backed credit facilities, NAV financings, hybrid facilities, mortgage and mezzanine loans, and preferred equity financings.
Accolades
- Chambers USA, New York Real Estate Finance (2020-2024)
- The Legal 500, Real Estate Finance (2024)
Education
- Eric received his J.D. degree from Hofstra University, School of Law in 2008, where he served as the senior associate editor of the Hofstra Law Review. Eric earned his B.A. in political science from Boston University in 2005.
Representations
- Represented a large international banking institution in the origination of multiple capital commitment-backed credit facilities made available to U.S. and international sponsors in the amount of US$3.6 billion.
- Represented a U.S. financial institution in the origination of a US$350 million capital commitment-backed credit facility.
- Represented a U.S. financial institution in the acquisition of an interest in a US$300 million capital commitment-backed credit facility.
- Represented a U.S. financial institution in the acquisition of an interest in a US$150 million capital commitment-backed credit facility.
- Represented a large U.S. banking institution in the origination of a US$40 million revolving credit facility, secured by multiple tranches of thousands of small business loans.
- Represented multiple large multinational asset managers and their respective real estate debt funds in the origination of multiple capital commitment-backed credit facilities in the amount of US$6 billion.
- Represented multiple private debt funds in the origination of multiple acquisition and construction mortgage and mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments in the amount of US$200 million.
- Represented multiple private equity real estate Fund sponsors in connection with the closings of multiple real estate equity and debt funds, totaling US$1.2 billion in commitments.
- Represented an international management and development company in connection with the establishment and implementation of a US$1 billion platform joint venture.
- Represented a financial institution in connection with a US$50 million convertible debt facility made to a public company.