Key Takeaways
- • Daniel Katz joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its real estate practice, based in the firm's Century City office in Los Angeles, effective June 30, 2026.
- • Katz brings expertise in commercial real estate transactions across multiple asset classes and geographies, with a specialized focus on lender-side financing work including mortgage and mezzanine financing, warehouse facilities, and loan portfolio transactions.
- • His client base spans banks, debt funds, institutional lenders, real estate funds, developers, operators, and institutional and non-institutional real estate investors, positioning the lateral move as a strategic expansion of Holland & Knight's real estate finance capabilities in California.
- • The hire represents a lateral move from Buchalter, where Katz was a shareholder in the Los Angeles office prior to joining Holland & Knight.
Summary
Holland & Knight announced the addition of Daniel Katz as a partner in its real estate practice, effective Monday, June 30, 2026. Based in the firm's Century City office in Los Angeles, Katz brings specialized expertise in commercial real estate financing across multiple asset classes and transaction types.
Katz's practice concentrates on lender-side representation, where he advises banks, debt funds, and other institutional lenders in mortgage and mezzanine financing arrangements, warehouse facilities, and loan portfolio purchase and sale transactions. His broader advisory work encompasses commercial real estate transactions of varying scales and geographies, serving real estate funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, and financial institutions.
The partner joins Holland & Knight from Buchalter, where he held shareholder status in the firm's Los Angeles office. The lateral hire strengthens Holland & Knight's real estate practice in California, a key market for institutional capital deployment in commercial real estate finance and investment activities.
Katz's practice concentrates on lender-side representation, where he advises banks, debt funds, and other institutional lenders in mortgage and mezzanine financing arrangements, warehouse facilities, and loan portfolio purchase and sale transactions. His broader advisory work encompasses commercial real estate transactions of varying scales and geographies, serving real estate funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, and financial institutions.
The partner joins Holland & Knight from Buchalter, where he held shareholder status in the firm's Los Angeles office. The lateral hire strengthens Holland & Knight's real estate practice in California, a key market for institutional capital deployment in commercial real estate finance and investment activities.
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