Dominic J. De Simone

Dominic J. De Simone is a partner at Ballard Spahr and a founding Co-Chair of the firm’s National Finance Department, and previously served, for six years, as Co-Chair then Chair following the Department’s formation. He continues to co-lead the firm’s Real Estate Private Credit, Distressed Real Estate, and Distressed Assets and Opportunities teams. Dominic’s practice focuses on complex real estate debt and equity transactions, including loan originations, structured and multi-party capital financings, and programmatic lending platforms, as well as troubled loans, restructurings, workouts, and distressed asset and opportunistic investment matters. He represents institutional and private credit lenders, investors, sponsors, debt funds, special servicers, and asset managers in a wide range of transactions nationwide and is a frequent speaker and author on real estate finance markets and related matters.