oseph S. Nicotra, a member of the Firm, specializes in real estate law. Mr. Nicotra has broad-based transactional experience representing: lenders and borrowers in connection with commercial mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and other secured transactions (including in the context of defaults, workouts and foreclosures and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure); sellers and purchasers of commercial real estate; lessors and lessees in commercial leasing arrangements and loan sellers and issuers in connection with commercial mortgage backed securities transactions.