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Turning Crisis into Strategy: Contracts, projects and disputes at a global chokepoint
Kathryn M. Borgeson
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Kathryn Borgeson advises financial institutions and lenders on bankruptcy and structured finance matters, with a particular focus on the origination and securitization of complex bankruptcy-remote commercial mortgage loans. She works with clients to structure transactions that address insolvency risk and achieve regulatory and commercial objectives.
She also advises on the application of safe harbor provisions for financial contracts across multiple insolvency regimes, helping clients navigate statutory requirements and protect their positions in distressed scenarios.
In addition to her transactional practice, Kathryn has significant bankruptcy litigation experience, representing creditors, lenders and debtors in proceedings across the financial services, automotive and energy sectors.
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America – Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2024, 2025)
- IFLR1000 – Rising Star (2024, 2025)
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers (2025, 2026)
Representative experience
Advising the lenders on a US$1.65bn financing secured by One Madison Avenue, a 1.4 million square-foot Class A office tower in Madison Square Park owned by SL Green Realty Corp., Manhattan's largest office landlord.
Advising the issuer and arranger in connection with Barings' inaugural $508M Infrastructure CLO, which marks a strategic expansion of the global asset manager's CLO platform into a new asset class
Advising Cross River Bank, a New Jersey State chartered FDIC-insured bank, Equal Housing Lender and a first time issuer in CMBS, in a rare private-label seasoned loan securitization of 54 commercial real estate loans.
Advising the lenders on the US$1.15bn refinancing of The Wharf, Washington D.C.'s premier mixed-use waterfront development; the largest single-asset securitization in the D.C. market at the time.
Advising a leading Energy-as-a-Service provider in its inaugural US$216m Energy-as-a-Service asset-backed securitization with performance contracts from Fortune 500 commercial and industrial assets.
Advising lenders on a US$2.75bn refinancing of a 129-property industrial portfolio across 12 states, structured as balance sheet, bridge, and CMBS loans.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., The George Washington University Law School, with honors, 2010
- B.B.A., Villanova University, 2004
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Maryland
- District of Columbia