Douglas A. Walter

Industries

• Finance
  • Regional & Community Banks

Practices

• CMBS Lending & Servicing Transactions
• Real Estate

Biography

Doug is an experienced commercial real estate (CRE) finance lawyer focused on representing capital markets lenders across the country.  His practice includes representing banks and private credit lenders originating Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), Commercial Real Estate Collateralized Loan Obligations (CRE CLO) and balance sheet loans secured by all primary asset classes of CRE nationwide. While his practice primarily concentrates on permanent and bridge loan originations and asset management on behalf of lenders, Doug also represents select CRE owners and investors.

Doug serves as Co-Chair of FBT Gibbons’ Commercial Real Estate Finance Industry Sub-Team, where he helps lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary team of lawyers with the skills and experience needed to support stakeholders across the CRE markets. In this role, he also drives thought leadership on emerging trends and nuanced issues affecting commercial real estate finance. In addition to his firm leadership, Doug serves on the Editorial Board of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC), contributing to the education of industry professionals on current topics and developments shaping the market. He is also a member of FBT Gibbons’ CMBS Lending and Servicing and Real Estate Practice Groups.

Known for his collegial style and pragmatism, clients turn to Doug for his precision drafting and ability to navigate complex issues on difficult transactions, always keeping clients’ business goals at the forefront.

In law school, Doug interned for the Ohio Innocence Project, working to free individuals wrongly convicted of crimes and was a Senior Articles Editor for Human Rights Quarterly. Prior to law school, he worked as a residential mortgage loan originator.