Overview
Mal Serure is the co-head of the US real estate practice and head of the Real Estate Group in Los Angeles. He has more than two decades of experience representing private equity funds, banks, real estate companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs) in a wide range of real estate transactions. He regularly advises lenders and borrowers in mortgage and mezzanine loan financing and preferred equity transactions. Mal also advises clients on the purchase, workout and restructuring of troubled loans, including negotiations with co-lenders, participants, servicers and special servicers.
Additionally, Mal regularly represents both domestic and international sellers and purchasers in the purchase, sale, sale-leaseback and financing of commercial properties across asset classes, including multifamily, office, retail hotel, gaming and healthcare. He also regularly represents Japanese clients in their equity and debt investments in US commercial real estate assets.
To read Mal’s full biography in Japanese, click here.
Results
- Regularly represents publicly traded mortgage REITs in the origination and management of mortgage, mezzanine, and construction loans and preferred equity investments
- Represented a real estate private equity fund in the acquisition and financing of several industrial properties
- Represented a Japanese bank and its co-lenders in financing the construction of its Midtown Manhattan office building
- Represented a Japanese company in its acquisition of a Midtown Manhattan office building
- Represented a hotel operator in the acquisition and financing of a West Hollywood hotel
- Represented a hospitality company in financing its New York event spaces
- Represented a construction lender in obtaining a loan for the construction of a mixed-use project in Nashville
- Assisted a junior mezzanine lender with securing a loan for the construction of a hotel in Midtown Manhattan and with the subsequent acquisition of senior loans and the restructuring of capital stack*
- Represented a family in the sale of an iconic Beverly Hills restaurant and the associated real estate*
- Represented a Japanese company in the creation of a real estate fund and the acquisition of several commercial assets in the United States*
- Represented a lender in the launch of its bridge loan program, including the creation of form loan documents and the origination of several multifamily mortgage loans*
- Represented a real estate private equity company in its acquisition of several multifamily portfolios*
- Represented a real estate private equity fund in its acquisition and financing of several ski resorts and subsequent sale of several assets*
- Represented a hospitality company in the financing of event space assets*
- Represented a healthcare operator in the master lease of several assisted living and skilled nursing facilities*
- Represented a real estate investment company in the acquisition, sale and financing of several Class A trophy office buildings in New York and San Francisco*
- Represented a joint venture of real estate private equity funds in its acquisition of a loan secured by resort properties throughout the Caribbean, Europe, the US and Latin America*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2017-2025
- Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2023-2024
- Georgetown University Law Center Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, “Rising Star”
Community
- The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
- Real Estate & Construction Division, Cabinet Member
- Real Estate Track, Community Leadership Institute, member
- Los Angeles Real Estate Division of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, member
Credentials
Education
University of Pennsylvania, JD, 2000
New York University, BS, cum laude, 1997
Admissions
California
New York
Languages
English
