Stephen Cerniglia is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Finance & Investment Group. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate finance, representing commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, funds, regional and local banks and other financial institutions in a variety of loan transactions—including permanent, bridge and construction loans, mezzanine financings, credit facilities and split loan structures—secured by office buildings, shopping centers, multifamily developments, raw land, industrial properties, student housing properties, hotels, casinos and mobile home parks located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
The financings vary from single-asset loans to cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted transactions secured by multiple assets across numerous juristictions.
Stephen has extensive experience negotiating intercreditor, co-lender and participation agreements, and advising lenders on their rights and obligations as a lender in the debt stack. He is actively engaged in representing lenders in the restructuring of distressed commercial real estate loans, including partially and fully funded construction loans, land loans, permanent mortgage loans, bridge loans, mezzanine loans and credit facilities. He also represents lenders in connection with foreclosing on commercial real estate loans.
Bar Admissions : New York
Education:
- New York Law School (J.D., 1996)
- St. John’s University (B.S., 1987)
Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
