Malcolm K. Montgomery is a partner in O’Melveny’s Real Estate practice. His clients include Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Shorenstein Properties. He serves as a trusted advisor tothese and numerous other clients on the full range of real estate matters, including domestic and cross-border investment and finance, leveraged lending and bank finance for REITs and other real estate companies, workouts andrestructurings of construction, permanent and mezzanineloans, and credit facilities. Malcolm also handles financinginvolving assets and currencies in multiple countries, includingmulti-property secured loans, mezzanine financings, term andconstruction financings, subscription and debt portfoliofinancings, hotel and resort financings, and mortgage loans.
He has published articles in The Real Estate Finance Journal,Real Estate Finance, and Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law.He has also published pieces for the American Law Instituteand The Loan Syndications and Trading Association. Malcolmregularly speaks at industry seminars and conferences on realestate finance and related topics.
Get to Know Malcolm
Get to Know Malcolm
- Advised Citibank, N.A. in US$3.5 billion in global senior unsecured credit facilities for Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a REIT invested in data center facilities worldwide.
- Advised Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the development of a real estate secured lending program in Mexico and the origination of over US$2 billion in loans secured by resort hotels, office buildings and portfolios of industrial properties throughout Mexico.
- Advised international investment fund clients in connection with the formation of a joint venture investment vehicle that acted as a lender for the US$1.67 billion construction financing of American Dream Mall, a multi-million square foot entertainment, dining and shopping complex in northern New Jersey.
- Advised U.S. Bank National Association and RBC Capital Markets in a US$1.5 billion term loan secured by 16 shopping malls located in 14 states to affiliates of General Growth Properties (now Brookfield Properties Retail).
- Advised Citibank, N.A. in US$1.05 billion in senior unsecured revolving and term credit facilities for LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P., a REIT invested in upscale full-service hotels.
- Advised a private international investor in connection with a US$570 million mortgage loan from a syndicate of five banks led by ING Capital to finance the acquisition of the former Sony Building in New York City.
- Advised Citibank, N.A. in a US$500 million revolving credit facility for Terrafina FIBRA in connection with its US$665 million IPO-the first-ever corporate revolving credit line for a FIBRA (a Mexican REIT).
- Advised Shorenstein Properties on numerous acquisition and fund-level financings, including subscription line facilities for six of its real estate investment funds for institutional and private investors.
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- US District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Education
- New York University, J.D.: Order of Barristers
- Princeton University, A.B.
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by IFLR1000 as a Notable Practitioner in the US for Banking in the Real Estate Industry (2024)
- Named to Lawdragon 500's Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers list (2024)
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Real Estate Finance in New York (2006-2024)
- Recommended by The Legal 500 US for Real Estate Finance (2024)
- Selected to Super Lawyers in New York for Real Estate (2006-2023)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 Private Practice Power List as a leading US attorney with a special focus in Mexico (2018)
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal 100 as a Thought Leader in Real Estate and recommended for Hospitality and Real Estate
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law in New York, NY
Professional Activities
Member
- Board of Governors, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
New York State Chair Emeritus
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys
Fellow
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Publications
- “Welcome to the Party: Real Estate Loan Workouts and Enforcement in Today’s Downcycle,” The ACREL Papers (Fall 2024)
Speaker
- “Electromobility Transition and Partnership in North America: An overview on Supply Chain, Manufacturing Integration and Infrastructure Development” (November 2024)