Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes Of Counsel Jennifer Suzanne Kukla to its Real Estate Practice in the Dallas office. Jennifer joins the firm from Winstead PC.

“We have grown a remarkable real estate team here in Dallas, which is further enhanced with the addition of Jennifer,” said Joseph F. Coniglio, managing shareholder of the firm’s Dallas office. “Jennifer’s high caliber talent will continue to strengthen our ability to meet clients’ needs for complex commercial real estate finance transactions.”

“This past year has been an invigorating time for real estate,” Kukla said. “With my transition to Greenberg Traurig, I look forward to utilizing the firm’s global platform to deliver top-level work to clients.”

Kukla represents investment banks, commercial banks, life insurance companies, funds and other institutional lenders in virtually all aspects of complex commercial real estate finance transactions, including permanent, bridge, mezzanine, and the origination of commercial mortgage loans intended for securitization or other sale in the secondary market (CMBS) secured by all asset classes. She has experience handling multiborrower, multiproperty, and multistate financings, tenants-in-common borrowing structures, affordable housing, cash management, subordinate debt and ground leases.

Kukla received her J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and a B.S. from the University of Florida. She is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Council, and Mortgage Bankers Association.