McGuireWoods partner Alice Youngbar has been honored as an Influencer in Multifamily Real Estate by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, an American Lawyer Media publication.
Youngbar is a member of McGuireWoods’ Real Estate & Land Use Department and managing partner of the firm’s Century City, California, office. She co-leads a team that represents lenders financing multifamily properties through the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting & Servicing program and the Freddie Mac Optigo program. The team also represents clients in affordable housing, green financing, moderate rehabilitation, student housing and manufactured housing loan programs, including properties financed under Freddie Mac Targeted Affordable Housing and Fannie Mae Multifamily Affordable Housing guidelines.
Youngbar focuses on representing institutional lenders on commercial real estate loans intended for securitization and sale in the secondary market, with an emphasis on loans originated under the Fannie Mae DUS and Freddie Mac Seller/Servicer programs. She has assisted in more than $23 billion in loans during the past three years, including representing an American bank holding company as a Freddie Mac Optigo Network lender in connection with a $1.1 billion financing to support the acquisition of 42 multifamily properties in 11 different states by a global investment fund.
“Alice is renowned for leading complex real estate financings all across the country,” said Dennis Mensi, chair of McGuireWoods’ Real Estate & Land Use Department. “We congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition as an industry leader.”
McGuireWoods’ real estate group represents investors, developers, financial institutions and Fortune 100 companies in matters throughout the United States and abroad. The firm earned nationwide Tier 1 rankings for land use and zoning law, real estate law and real estate litigation in the 2024 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.”