Key Takeaways
- • Daniel Katz, a real estate finance partner, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm's Century City office, effective June 30, 2026, transitioning from Buchalter.
- • Katz's practice specializes in commercial real estate transactions across multiple asset classes and geographies, with particular emphasis on lender-side financing work representing banks, debt funds, and institutional lenders.
- • His expertise encompasses mortgage and mezzanine financing, warehouse facilities, and loan portfolio purchase-and-sale transactions—key areas relevant to institutional debt investors and real estate finance professionals.
- • The hire expands Holland & Knight's real estate capabilities in Los Angeles, a major commercial real estate and institutional capital hub.
Summary
Holland & Knight announced the addition of Daniel Katz as a partner in its real estate practice group based in Century City, Los Angeles. Katz transitions to the firm from Buchalter, where he previously held partner status in the real estate practice.
Katz's practice focuses on advising clients across commercial real estate transactions, serving a diverse institutional client base including real estate funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, and financial institutions. His work is concentrated on the lender side of transactions, where he represents banks, debt funds, and other institutional lenders in financing structures ranging from traditional mortgages to mezzanine debt, warehouse facilities, and loan portfolio transactions. This specialization positions him to serve institutional debt investors and alternative lenders active in the real estate finance market.
The addition reflects Holland & Knight's continued investment in its Los Angeles real estate practice during a period of active institutional capital deployment in commercial real estate finance. The firm, established in 1889 and operating across 35 offices globally, maintains substantial capabilities in real estate law. Katz's expertise in lender-side commercial real estate finance aligns with institutional investor demand for experienced counsel on complex debt structures and portfolio transactions in the sector.
Katz's practice focuses on advising clients across commercial real estate transactions, serving a diverse institutional client base including real estate funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, and financial institutions. His work is concentrated on the lender side of transactions, where he represents banks, debt funds, and other institutional lenders in financing structures ranging from traditional mortgages to mezzanine debt, warehouse facilities, and loan portfolio transactions. This specialization positions him to serve institutional debt investors and alternative lenders active in the real estate finance market.
The addition reflects Holland & Knight's continued investment in its Los Angeles real estate practice during a period of active institutional capital deployment in commercial real estate finance. The firm, established in 1889 and operating across 35 offices globally, maintains substantial capabilities in real estate law. Katz's expertise in lender-side commercial real estate finance aligns with institutional investor demand for experienced counsel on complex debt structures and portfolio transactions in the sector.
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