Kelsey advises a wide variety of clients, including banks, insurance companies, credit funds, private equity firms and other institutional lenders in a wide variety of commercial real estate financing transactions, including mortgage and mezzanine loan originations, preferred equity structures, A/B notes, participation interests, note-on-note and repo financing facilities, acquisition facilities, co-lender and intercreditor arrangements, loan purchases and dispositions (including through syndication, sales and securitizations), and multi-tranche workouts and restructurings. Her experience spans CMBS, balance sheet, bridge and construction loans across all major asset classes.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- Goldman Sachs as lender in the $395 million CMBS refinancing of 70 Pine, a mixed-use tower in New York City.
- The Carlyle Group as lender in a $375 million financing secured by the Edge, an observation deck located at 30 Hudson Yards.
- Corebridge Financial as lead lender in the restructuring and modification of a $1.2 billion senior loan secured by 1285 Avenue of the Americas.
- Alliance Bernstein as lender in the $114 million construction financing of 2801 North Central Expressway, a mixed use retail, office and amenity property in Dallas, TX.
- Goldman Sachs as lender in the origination of a $120 million acquisition financing secured by the luxury retail component of 680 Madison Avenue.
- Goldman Sachs as lender in the origination of a $100 million acquisition facility for self-storage properties across the U.S.
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2015 J.D.
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Dartmouth College, 2012 B.A. Government
Kelsey Byeff is Counsel in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice. Based in the Firm’s New York office, Kelsey has extensive experience advising banks, insurance companies, credit funds, private equity firms and other institutional lenders in a wide variety of commercial real estate financing transactions, including mortgage and mezzanine loan originations, preferred equity structures, A/B notes, participation interests, note-on-note and repo financing facilities, acquisition facilities, co-lender and intercreditor arrangements, loan purchases and dispositions (including through syndication, sales and securitizations), and multi-tranche workouts and restructurings. Her experience spans CMBS, balance sheet, bridge and construction loans across all major asset classes.
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- Goldman Sachs as lender in the $395 million CMBS refinancing of 70 Pine, a mixed-use tower in New York City.
- The Carlyle Group as lender in a $375 million financing secured by the Edge, an observation deck located at 30 Hudson Yards.
- Corebridge Financial as lead lender in the restructuring and modification of a $1.2 billion senior loan secured by 1285 Avenue of the Americas.
- Alliance Bernstein as lender in the $114 million construction financing of 2801 North Central Expressway, a mixed use retail, office and amenity property in Dallas, TX.
- Goldman Sachs as lender in the origination of a $120 million acquisition financing secured by the luxury retail component of 680 Madison Avenue.
- Goldman Sachs as lender in the origination of a $100 million acquisition facility for self-storage properties across the U.S.
Kelsey received her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2015 and her B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College in 2012. She is admitted to practice in New York.