Partner

Kevin O'Shea

Location:  United States

Practice(s):  Hotels and Leisure , Investment Funds and Structures , Joint Ventures , Lettings and Leasing , Real Estate Finance

Date Joined:  2002

Education:  J.D., with honors, St. John's University School of Law; B.A., University of Virginia

Spoken Languages:  English

Experience: 

Kevin O'Shea is the U.S. managing partner and heads the U.S. Real Estate group of Allen & Overy's New York office. He specializes in commercial real estate finance, equity investments and private equity fund foundation and investment. His practice includes large mortgage loans, structured finance, securitization, mezzanine (including "true" mezzanine, preferred equity, and A/B note) financing, restructurings, and opportunistic joint ventures and investments. Kevin's practice is capital markets focused and he regularly represents private equity funds, hedge funds, investment banks, pension fund advisors and other sophisticated real estate investors on their most complex real estate transactions.

Kevin's practice also increasingly focuses on cross-border debt and equity transactions involving the US, Europe and Asia where Kevin can use his strong capital markets experience and our global presence to facilitate transactions for US clients abroad and for non-US clients in the United States by reconciling different legal, tax and cultural aspects and delivering a legal product that meets both local requirements and client demands.

Kevin was named a Leading Individual in Real Estate by Chambers USA 2010: "Kevin is 'a practical and thorough lawyer who excels at thinking outside the box and coming up with innovative solutions.' He focuses on real estate capital markets work for a client base made up of private equity funds, hedge funds, investment banks and pension fund advisers."

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Kevin O'Shea named New York managing partner

Published work

  • "Divided by a Common Language? The Introduction of the New York A/B Note financing structure for real estate finance into the London commercial real estate market," with Trevor Borthwick and Julian Tucker
  • "Senior/Subordinate (A/B) Mortgage Structures: An Easy Entry by German Mortgage Banks into the US Real Estate Market"; Real Estate Finance, June 2003, Volume 20, Number 1, pages 25-32; with Peter E. Hein and Peter H. Hoegen

Mezzanine foreclosure wins Global and North American Deal of the Year awards.
As mezzanine borrowers default on their loans, commercial real estate is landing on the UCC auction block. The sale of 1330 Avenue of the Americas marks the second high-profile foreclosure Allen & Overy has advised on in 2009.
John Hancock Tower, the most prominent trophy building in Boston, was sold for USD660m at a UCC auction on March 31, 2009. This selling price is about half of what the building was bought for in 2006.
Allen & Overy represented the private equity arm of a global investment firm in a joint venture with a developer to acquire, finance and construct a 231 unit student housing complex in College Park, Maryland to be known as the Mazza Grandmarc Apartments
Allen & Overy LLP represented a financial services firm in connection with its financing of the acquisition and construction of an outpatient kidney dialysis facility in Georgia.
My contact details

New York
Allen & Overy LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States of America

Tel: +1 212 610 6454