Overview
Justin Bender focuses his practice on complex real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures and development work. He represents developers, lenders, REITs, real estate funds, private equity firms, pension funds and other institutional investors.
While in law school, Justin participated in the Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business.
Results
- Represented a client with respect to all aspects of a $3 billion mixed use development*
- Represented a client with respect to the acquisitions and dispositions of over $1 billion of industrial properties*
- Represented a client with respect to the real estate components of a multi-billion dollar retail bankruptcy*
- Represented a client with respect to $300 million CMBS financing*
- Represented a client with respect to an $8.5 billion bid to acquire a portfolio of approximately 600 shopping centers*
- Represented a client with respect to the financing of seven regional shopping centers*
- Represented a client with respect to the development of a $90 million mixed use project*
- Represented a public company client with respect to the real estate components of a multibillion dollar bankruptcy, including advising the client on lease rejection issues and negotiating and documenting a $1.5 billion exit financing facility*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2023
- Law360, Rising Star: Real Estate, 2017
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2012-2014
Credentials
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD, cum laude, 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BA, 2002
Admissions
Illinois
