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Kellen F. Murphy
Managing Partner and Chair
of Acquisitions and Sales
practice group
Chris J. Murphy
Chair of Land Use, Zoning
and Redevelopment and
Tax Credits and Incentives
practice groups
Matthew J. Schiller
Chair of Distressed Real
Estate, Commercial Leasing
and Opportunity Zone
practice groups
Charles J. Wilkes
Chair of Banking and
Commercial Finance and
Real Estate Finance practice
groups
OUR CLIENTS
MSW represents a wide range of
clients, including major national and
international developers, national
and regional lending institutions,
institutional investors, national
contractors and subcontractors,
family offi ces, landlords and tenants
and other owners and developers of
real property. Our boutique nature
and multidisciplinary approach has
allowed the fi rm to represent a
diverse array of clientele, from the
largest real estate developers and
private equity fi rms in the country to
smaller family offi ces.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
MSW has recently represented the
following:
■ Borrower in connection
with deed-in-lieu transfer of
600,000-square-foot offi ce complex
in downtown Denver, Colorado, in
connection with $110 million loan.
■ Seller in connection with $135
million sale of industrial portfolio in
northern New Jersey.
Anthony Capasso
Co-Chair of Litigation and
Construction Law practice
groups
Brant Forrest
Co-Chair of Litigation and
Construction Law practice
groups
■ National bank in connection
with modifi cation of $125 million
revolving credit facility.
■ Developer in connection with a
$114 million tax credit award under
the Aspire Tax Credit Program
for a multi-phased mixed-use
development in central New Jersey.
■ National cannabis company
on $100 million+ term fi nancing
secured by business and real estate
assets across multiple states.
■ Borrower in connection with loan
modifi cation of $88 million loan and
deed-in-lieu transaction for offi ce
building in San Francisco, California.
■ Borrower in connection with the
defeasance of a $30.3 million loan
and new CMBS fi nancing in the
amount of $86 million encumbering
multiple multi-housing family
projects located in Essex County,
New Jersey.
■ Developer in connection with
$74 million Aspire tax credit for
multifamily project in Newark, New
Jersey.
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OUR EXPERTISE
♦ Acquisitions and sales
♦ Banking and commercial
fi nance
♦ Commercial leasing
♦ Construction law
♦ Corporate
♦ Distressed real estate
♦ Environmental
♦ Land use, zoning and
redevelopment
♦ Litigation
♦ Planning and development
services
♦ Real estate fi nance
♦ Tax credits and incentives
ON THE HORIZON
While 2024 was a complicated
and uncertain year for many in
our industry, MSW maintained
continued growth, helping
our clients close more than
$1 billion in commercial
real estate and fi nancing
transactions throughout
the country, secured major
litigation victories on behalf
of our clients, obtained land
use approvals for multifamily,
commercial and retail projects
and negotiated over $400
million in Aspire Tax Credits
for transformative real
estate development projects
throughout the state. The
fi rm also invested heavily in
building our Construction Law
and Litigation practice groups,
which grew signifi cantly over
the past 12 months. We believe
that 2025 will be a banner
year for our team and we look
forward to being a part of our
clients’ continued success.