Emily Hippen advises clients on the acquisition, disposition, development and financing of commercial real estate projects across the United States. She guides transactions from land acquisition through disposition, combining deep transactional experience with close coordination across practice areas and local markets. Highly responsive and deadline-driven, Emily works efficiently within tight time frames while staying focused on client priorities.

Emily has particular experience in real estate finance, regularly representing both lenders and owners in construction, bridge and term financings. Having represented both lenders and owners in loan transactions, she understands the commercial objectives driving each party and quickly identifies the core issues needed to move deals forward. Before joining the firm, Emily was an associate at an international law firm, where she focused her practice on modifications of performing and distressed loans ranging from several million to several hundred million dollars. Her work included significant experience with U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities collateralized by multifamily, retail, hospitality, industrial and office properties.

Earlier in her career, Emily worked for a globally diversified asset management organization, where she supported all aspects of a multibillion-dollar portfolio of securitized commercial mortgage-backed loans. She collaborated closely with master and special servicers and operating advisors on complex real estate transactions and served as a voting member of the organization’s servicing investment committee.