Honey V. Gandhi
Associate
Honey focuses her practice on a wide range of complex finance transactions involving commercial real estate.
Key Matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
- Represented commercial buyers, sellers, and developers, including REITs, foreign and domestic corporations, and joint venture partnerships, in acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real properties, including multi-family, industrial, retail, and office properties and raw land.
- Negotiated and drafted a range of purchase sale documents including purchase sale agreement, access agreement, and closing documents; conducted comprehensive due diligence, including title, survey, zoning, and lease review prior to acquisitions; coordinated closing activities with all related participants.
- Represented borrowers in financing for acquisitions, construction, and refinancing transactions, including negotiating and drafting loan documents, title affidavits and opinion letters, resolving title issues, and coordinating closing with lender’s counsel.
- Represented landlords and tenants in the negotiation, preparation, and drafting of retail, restaurant, office, industrial and ground leases.
- Prepared entity-related documentation including organizational documents/amendments and consents for Fund/REIT entities.
- Drafted and negotiated asset and real estate purchase sale agreements, lease agreements, and amendments; conducted due diligence for resort acquisitions; drafted form sales contracts for lots, timeshares, spec homes for domestic and international sales; handled title curative issues.
- Reviewed and negotiated real estate loans, finance contracts, term and construction loans, lines of credit, and mortgage-backed security loan transactions; reviewed and negotiated letters of intent, commitment letters, term sheets, loan agreements, and renewals.
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts related to all areas of business - service/product/marketing/technology.
- Provided general legal and business counsel to executive management with respect to corporate operations; assisted with corporate governance/formation/merger/acquisition issues for 35+ subsidiary/affiliate companies.
- Developed and monitored company risk management and compliance programs, policies and procedures to minimize company exposure and ensure compliance with laws; advised on best practices for compliance with local, state, and federal regulations with respect to advertising, sales, and promotions; negotiated and liaised with governmental agencies to manage registrations, permits, liquor, and music licenses and trademarks.
- Managed outside counsel with respect to complex transactional and litigation matters; handled creditor-side deficiency lawsuits in-house and negotiated settlement agreements.
- Assisted in representing corporate clients in multi-state acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing of retail, office, warehouse, datacenter, and industrial properties.
- Drafted and negotiated commercial purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements and amendments, licenses, office and storage space riders, SNDAs, estoppel certificates, ROFO notices, assignments, and terminations.
- Conducted thorough due diligence examinations for acquisitions of properties nationwide.
- Counseled clients regarding issues prior to closing and worked closely with lease administration teams to facilitate resolution of disputes regarding outstanding allowances, improvements, maintenance, and rent abatements.