Partner, Houston

Practice Description

Glenn Reitman focuses his practice on commercial transactions with an emphasis on real estate and banking matters. Mr. Reitman's leasing experience includes representing national and regional retail, commercial, and industrial tenants and owners, and large and small office building landlords, tenants, and managers in connection with all aspects of lease negotiations, drafting, and counseling, including restructuring of existing leases, ground leases, net leases, and sale-leaseback transactions.

Mr. Reitman's other real estate experience includes representation relative to all property types, including commercial sites, hotels, retail properties, office properties, and multi-family properties, in all aspects of transactions including acquisition/disposition, pre-development, and development.

Mr. Reitman's banking experience includes representing financial institutions and borrowers in secured lending transactions, asset securitization, sale-leaseback transactions, bareboat charters, and real estate workouts and foreclosures.

Mr. Reitman also has experience in general corporate transactions, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions.

Representations

• Representation of international financial institutions in their commercial office leases

• Representation of national supermarket chain in its Texas expansion

• Representation of borrower in $500 million senior secured credit facility

• Representation of office building developer in acquisitions and divestitures

• Representation of national bank in $50 million credit facility

Distinctions/Honors

• Texas Rising Stars^® by Thomson Reuters (Real Estate, Banking, Energy & Natural Resources); 2008-2010

• Professionals on the Fast Track, H Texas Magazine; 2008

Press Releases/In the News

• "Thompson and Knight Names Five New Partners," JD Journal; March 03, 2009
  

• T&K Names New Partners; February 20, 2009
  

Presentations/Publications

• Client Alert: Public-Private Investment Program, March 23, 2009
  

• Client Alert: The Federal Reserve Board Announces Commercial Paper Funding Facility, October 08, 2008
  

Activities

• Member, American Bar Association

• Member, State Bar of Texas