Karina A. Leiter

Associate

  • Karina A. Leiter
  • Phone: +1 305 960 2265

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    201 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3400
    Miami, FL 33131-4325
    USA

Karina Leiter practices in the areas of commercial real estate and finance . Ms. Leiter has experience documenting, negotiating and closing the acquisition and disposition of commercial property, vacant land and mixed use properties. She represents financial institutions, investors and private lenders in connection with the financing of commercial, mixed-use and multi-family properties.

Ms. Leiter also represents special servicers and lenders in connection with distressed loans, including loan documentation, collateral analysis, loan modifications and forbearances, deeds in lieu and other settlements, as well as loan and REO sales and purchases.

Ms. Leiter is a 2019 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, where she was a member of the University of Miami Law Review, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Florida.

Admissions

  • Florida

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 2019
    - University of Miami Law Review
  • University of Florida, B.S., cum laude, 2016

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2019-present

Selected Publications

Representative Matters

  • Represented lender in a $64.6 million loan to be used by Borrower to finance the acquisition of four marinas in Florida.

  • Represented lender in a $68.5 million construction loan to finance the construction and development of a 55+ active adult residential community, consisting of 303 villa units, 112 apartment units and a 24,000 square-foot clubhouse in central Florida.

  • Represented lender in a $59.6 million loan to be used by Borrower the finance the acquisition of a leasehold interest in a Class A multi-tenant office building located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

  • Represented lender in a $10.4 million loan to be used by Borrower to finance the acquisition of a 160,000 square foot community shopping center located in Roswell, Georgia.

  • Represented BankUnited, N.A. in preparing Main Street Loan Program form loan documents and successfully closed six MSLP loans in two weeks in order to meet the deadline imposed by the Federal Reserve.

  • Represented a leading distributor and retailer of motor fuels in the sale of its assets, including more than 1,400 wholesale fuel locations and 70 retail convenience stores, to a large U.S. operator of gas stations/convenience stores in a transaction valued at over $350 million.

  • Represented the owner/operator of a global boating network in its merger with a real estate investment trust and one of its subsidiaries in a transaction for cash and SUI equity valued at $2.11 billion. 

  • Represented lender in negotiating a forbearance and loan modification agreement in connection with an $8.7 million loan secured by multiple pizza franchise stores.