Mark Zafrin - Experienced NY Lawyer

With over three decades of transactional expertise, Mark Zafrin manages a wide array of affairs for clients within the Healthcare & Pharmaceutical and Financial Services sectors. He possesses profound understanding of FHA and traditional mortgage financing, mezzanine and private equity financing, as well as healthcare Certificate of Need applications. Mark has extensive experience handling intricate mergers and acquisitions of healthcare facilities, hospitals, federally funded clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and large physician practice groups. Serving as General Counsel, Mr. Zafrin counsels and supports his clients, which range from nursing homes to assisted living centers and clinics (including primary care clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and free-standing renal dialysis centers), with their FHA and traditional mortgage financing, regulatory matters, Medicare and Medicaid audits, and general corporate affairs. He holds substantial expertise in facilitating financing for acquisitions, renovations, construction projects, loan participations, equity securitization transactions, such as REITs, equity funds, and partnership syndications of healthcare facilities. Mark frequently manages transactions involving HUD insured financing, traditional financing, tax credit financing, mezzanine loan origins and restructurings, debt securitization transactions, including REMICs. He is recognized for delivering strategic and value-added services by structuring transactions to maximize benefits derived from tax planning and financing. Mr. Zafrin also advises lending institutions in extending loans to healthcare facilities and providers. These transactions often entail client representation in entity formation, site acquisition, construction, permanent financing, development/construction management agreements, and project sale or leasing. Additionally, Mark handles transactions related to corporate structure, joint ventures, financing agreements, and relationships among participants in the healthcare industry. He is nationally renowned for his extensive industry acumen and his track record in advising clients in healthcare, banking, financial services, healthcare construction, and physician groups. Mark frequently represents clients in complex negotiations and business transaction structuring by harmonizing conflicting issues to devise a unified action plan that encompasses tax considerations, financial solutions, and corporate structures, thereby facilitating successful closure of deals that would otherwise face obstacles.