Ellen Goodwin is a partner in the New York office of Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Group and formerly served as co-chair of the group. She focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance, representing investment banks, commercial banks, funds, and insurance companies in a wide range of loan transactions for both securitizations and portfolios. Her expertise includes construction loan financings, loan syndications, participations, co-lending and senior/subordinate arrangements, and mezzanine finance. Ellen also serves as form and program counsel for several active CMBS, balance sheet, and bridge lenders.
In addition to her finance work, Ellen has extensive experience in workouts, restructurings, and foreclosures of both securitized and portfolio mortgage loans, and she frequently collaborates with special servicers. She also represents both sellers and purchasers in transactions involving whole loans, subordinate debt, and mezzanine loans.
Ellen is a regular lecturer on real estate finance and loan workouts, speaking at events for the Practising Law Institute, New York State Bar Association, New York City Bar Association, ACREL, and International Council of Shopping Centers. She is recognized as a leading attorney for Real Estate Finance by Chambers USA and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the Real Estate New York category. In 2020, Ellen was honored as a “Woman of Influence” in commercial real estate by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum.
