Debra Morgan
Managing Director, Restructuring and Dispute Resolution Practice
Debra Morgan has more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate portfolio management, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and the restructure and disposition of distressed debt and over-leveraged real estate. Her areas of expertise include CMBS, bridge and mezzanine debt, bankruptcy and litigation management, and real estate economics.
- Managing Director and Credit Committee voting member at Top Five special servicer
- Asset managed and resolved over $10B of distressed debt and real estate acquired or managed by special situations teams, CMBS/special servicers, FDIC service providers and real estate investment firms
- Managed over 30 commercial real estate bankruptcies with successful resolution for the lender; no cram-downs
- Underwrote $450M in B-piece investments for a private hedge fund
- Managed 40,000+ multifamily units, office, retail, mall, hotel, industrial/warehouse and associated living properties throughout the U.S. and in the Caymans. Special projects included a 10,000 unit, multi-state, multifamily portfolio and the execution of a $10 million value-add/CapX program and the rebuilding/renovation/PIP of the 300-key Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort following Hurricane Ivan in 2004. In addition to servicers and banks, clients have included institutional real estate investment companies, managers and advisors.
- Assisted in deployment of $400M in opportunistic fund equity by identifying debt/equity investment opportunities or operating partners, valuing debt and real estate, and structuring solutions within the constraints of the underlying CMBS servicing agreements and loan documents
- Sponsored and acquired over 350 multifamily units in Florida and Texas using bridge or agency financing and raising equity through high-net-worth investors
Thought leadership
- 30 March 2020: April Fool’s Day 2020: No Joke for Borrowers, Loan Servicers, Commercialsearch.com
Professional affiliations
- Texas Real Estate Commission
Education
- BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas
Prior business experience
- BlackEagle Real Estate Partners, Founder & CEO
- C-III Asset Management (k/n/a Greystone), Managing Director
- CLMG, a Beal Bank affiliate, Vice President
- J.E. Robert Companies, Vice President