LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP announced that
Partner and Chair of the Real Estate Department Joan Velazquez has been recognized by the
Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the "Top 100 Lawyers
of Los Angeles for 2024." The
award honors attorneys who "have demonstrated exceptional legal
skill and achievements across the full spectrum of responsibility,
exemplary leadership and contribution to the Los Angeles community at large," states the
publisher.
"Velazquez is a creative problem solver and proven deal maker
who never loses sight of her clients' business goals. She mitigates
her client's legal risks while helping them realize the business
opportunity in every deal," states the publisher. "She regularly
structures, documents, and closes more than one billion dollars of financing transactions in
any given year."
Named a Commercial Real Estate "Visionary" by the
Los Angeles Times in
2023 and an honoree of the 2023 Los Angeles Business
Journal's "Women of Influence: Attorneys" list, Velazquez
represents real estate owners, developers, investors, lenders,
family offices, contractors and asset managers in connection with a
wide range of projects, including the acquisition, financing,
development, leasing, management and sale of office buildings,
industrial parks, mixed use projects, and hotel/resort
projects.
Velazquez is experienced in the formation of partnerships, joint
ventures, limited liability companies and arranging complex capital
structures, including highly leveraged mezzanine financing,
subordinated lending arrangements and other creative solutions. She
guides clients with distressed properties to successfully
restructure existing debt. Velazquez's tax background gives her a
competitive advantage when structuring deals so she can increase
the net return to her clients.
Ervin Cohen & Jessup
LLP is a full-service firm that provides a broad
range of business-related legal services including corporate law;
litigation; intellectual property & technology law; real
estate transactions and finance; construction &
environmental law; tax planning and controversies; employment
law; health care law; bankruptcy, receivership and reorganization;
and estate planning. For more information, visit
http://www.ecjlaw.com/
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