Peter Hur
Peter Hur
Peter Hur
Biography
Peter Hur is a partner in the Real Estate Department of the firm’s New York office. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate matters, representing clients in connection with joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development and leasing across a variety of asset classes including multifamily, office, industrial, retail, hospitality and mixed use. Earlier in his career, Peter focused his practice on general corporate matters and private equity transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, growth and venture capital investments as well as debt financing transactions.
Peter earned his J.D. from the New York University School of Law. During law school, Peter interned at two of the Top 5 law firms in South Korea. Prior to attending law school, Peter earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his 2-year military service in the Korean Army.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Food Bank NYC, VITA Certified Volunteer, 2018-2020
- New York State Bar Association, Empire State Counsel, 2017
- New York City Family Court Volunteer Attorney Program, Pro Bono Service Award, 2018
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
Admissions
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New York, 2015
Education
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New York University, J.D., 2014
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University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2007
Related Practice Areas
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Commercial Real Estate
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Real Estate Sector
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Distressed Real Estate
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Real Estate
Experience
- Representing a prominent Korean asset management company in connection with its origination of mortgage loans secured by multiple asset types (industrial, residential and office) in the States of New York, Texas and Washington and syndicated out to up to seven major banks.
- Representing a prominent Korean asset management company in connection with its foreclosure and joint venture workout of a land under development in California.
- Representing a prominent Korean securities company and two asset management companies in connection with its origination of A/B mezzanine loans indirectly secured by residential properties in Manhattan, New York.
- Representing a prominent Korean hotel manager/investor in connection with a joint venture formation and acquisition of a hotel asset in Oahu, Hawaii.
- Representing a prominent Korean engineering and construction company in connection with a joint venture formation and acquisition of a development site in Edgewater, New Jersey.
- Representing a prominent Korean engineering and construction company in connection with its disposition of a land under development as well of its interest in an existing joint venture in California.
- Representing prominent Korean banks in connection with their origination of syndicated mortgage loans secured by multiple asset types (data centers, mixed use and retail) in the States of Arizona, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
- Representing a prominent Korean asset management company in connection with its refinancing of a mortgage loan secured by warehouse properties in the States of Kansas and Missouri.
- Representing a prominent Korean global company in connection with its acquisition of warehouse facilities in the State of Georgia.
- Representing a prominent Korean securities company and two asset management companies in connection with its origination of A/B mezzanine loans indirectly secured by residential properties in Manhattan, New York.
- Representing multiple U.S. based private equity investors in connection with their joint venture formations and related acquisitions, dispositions, financings, leasing, property management and other operational matters.
- Representing a public REIT in connection with its preferred equity capital raise deal for up to $325M from an international real estate fund to cause the REIT to avoid imminent defaults under secured financing facilities arising from COVID-19 and create additional working capital necessary to navigate through the post-pandemic market turmoil, which deal involved extensive negotiations with the REIT’s multiple lenders.
- Representing various investors in joint venture formations and related acquisitions of commercial real estate across the United States; in particular, represented a foreign sovereign wealth fund in connection with its formation of joint ventures with another Section 892 investor and U.S. property managers and the joint ventures’ related acquisitions of indirect ownership interests in certain commercial real estate in New York City and Washington, D.C.
- Representing private and public real estate investment trusts across from major commercial banks in connection with the closings of master repurchase facilities (facility sizes ranging from $250 million to more than $3 billion) and financings thereunder of various commercial real estate loans secured by real estate in the United States, including complex repurchase, participation and repo transactions in connection with their collateralized loan obligation offerings involving more than 25 real estate loan assets (average deal size of $1 billion).
- Representing Korean investor groups in the acquisition of syndicated commercial real estate debt secured by a portfolio of luxury hotels (valued at around $1.85 billion) spread across the United States.
- Representing various nationally recognized private equity sponsors in their acquisition and disposition of portfolio companies, with deal sizes ranging from $10 million to $7 billion, in industries spanning from outdoor advertising to healthcare, from telecommunications to apparel.
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