Joshua Stein is a partner in the real estate practice group of Latham & Watkins LLP (New York office). This website is, however, totally independent of the firm. Joshua has extensive experience advising borrowers, lenders, and others regarding defaulted real estate loans, lease disputes, partnership disputes, intercreditor problems, and other troubled real estate. He has handled foreclosures, deed in lieu transactions, and numerous loan modifications of every conceivable type. Until late 2008, he negotiated and closed many substantial real-estate-related loans and large development transactions and acquisitions for lenders, borrowers, and investors. He has extensive experience negotiating (and, when necessary, repairing) major ground leases; negotiating commercial leases for both landlords and tenants; and handling hotel purchases, sales, and financing.
He has also closed a wide range of other real estate transactions and has developed over 1000 model documents for commercial real estate practice, emphasizing distressed properties, development, finance, leasing, and hotels.
