Daniel Kasell is a partner in the Real Estate Group. Mr. Kasell advises investors, lenders, asset managers and investment funds on complex commercial real estate finance, private credit and investment transactions. His practice encompasses commercial real estate lending, structured finance, distressed debt and workouts, as well as real estate private equity transactions, fund formations and other investment management matters. He has extensive experience advising clients on mortgage and mezzanine financings, CMBS transactions, preferred equity investments, joint ventures and acquisitions and dispositions across a broad range of asset classes.
Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Kasell served as Senior Advisor at TPG Real Estate Credit, where he advised on commercial real estate lending and credit investments. Before TPG, Mr. Kasell spent more than a decade at Square Mile Capital Management, ultimately serving as Chief Legal Officer. Earlier in his career he was an associate at another international law firm, where he represented real estate private equity funds, REITs and other clients on acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, fund formations and recapitalizations.
Mr. Kasell received his J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an associate editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Cornell University and also earned a Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate.