Grayson K. Sieg

Grayson Sieg counsels financial lending institutions and real estate owners and developers in a variety of real estate finance transactions.

Grayson has significant experience advising lenders and capital providers on unsecured financings and loan syndications as well as construction, permanent, and bridge financing secured by a wide variety of assets throughout the United States, including multifamily residential properties, hotel and resort properties, retail and shopping centers, office parks, industrial complexes and mixed-use assets.

Grayson’s work includes counseling clients in an array of collateral structuring, including real estate investment trust (REIT) finance, senior housing, note purchases and sales, and mezzanine and other forms of subordinated financing. Through a collaborative, driven, goal-to-go approach, he has successfully assisted clients in documenting, negotiating, risk-mitigating, and closing billions of dollars’ worth of transactions.

A veteran, Grayson served as a Naval Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy (2003-2012) and continues to serve as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Outside of the office, Grayson enjoys hockey, sailing, woodworking, painting, and hiking with his family.

Education: Cleveland State University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2015); Executive Editor, Cleveland State Law Review; Chair, Cleveland State Moot Court Team; Boston University (M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis, with distinction, 2012); Case Western Reserve University (B.A. in Political Science and Economics, magna cum laude, 2002)

State Admissions: Ohio, 2015

Service Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Commercial Finance; Public & Structured Finance; Financial Services; Hospitality

Industries Represented: Real Estate; Hotels / Resorts; Golf Courses; Banks; Financial Institutions

Represented a national bank as administrative agent in connection with the refinancing and upsizing of a $1.5-billion credit facility, consisting of a $700-million revolving credit facility, a $300-million term loan A, and a $500-million term loan B, secured by four destination resort and conference centers totaling 8,114 guest rooms and over two million square feet of meeting space
Represented a national bank as administrative agent, lead arranger, sole bookrunner, and lender in connection with a $880-million senior syndicated term loan secured by a newly constructed 1,501-room hotel and convention center situated on an 85-acre campus in Aurora, Colorado
Represented a national financial institution as administrative agent in connection with the Chapter 11 financial reorganization plan of a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages a portfolio of shopping malls totaling over 23 million square feet of retail space
Represented a national bank as administrative agent in connection with a $300-million term loan secured by a newly constructed multimedia studio and office project located in the Hollywood Park Development in Inglewood, California
Represented a national financial institution in connection with a $105-million term loan to an owner and operator of golf and country clubs throughout the United States
Represented a national financial institution as administrative agent in connection with a $212-million term loan and project loan secured by a Class A office building in New York, New York
Represented a national bank in connection with the $450-million syndicated secured financing for the development and construction of a portion of a tech campus located in Sunnyvale, California
Represented a national bank in connection with a $356.6-million construction loan secured by a 43-story office building with ground floor retail and subterranean parking in downtown San Francisco
Represented a national financial institution as administrative agent in connection with a $212-million term loan and project loan secured by a Class A office building in New York, New York
Represented a private equity firm in the acquisition and financing a 20,000-acre single family residential and resort community in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, situated between Charleston and Savannah

Speaking Engagements

“Real Estate Financing and Investments,” Ohio Advanced Real Estate Law Guide 2024, National Business Institute (NBI) (December 2024)
“Residential Real Estate (RRE) Reporting Rule,” 67th Annual Cleveland Tax Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (November 2024)
“SNDAs, Estoppel Issues in CRE Transactions: Estoppel Us If You’ve Heard This One Before,”46th Annual Real Estate Law Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (November 2024)
“The (Harvey) Specter of Ethics,” Tucker Ellis 2024 In-House Counsel Summit, Cleveland, Ohio (October 2024)
“The Corporate Transparency Act,” 66th Annual Cleveland Tax Institute (November 2023)
“The Corporate Transparency Act,” 50th Annual Estate Planning Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (October 2023)
“Shell (Company) Shock: A Corporate Transparency Act Primer,” Tucker Ellis In-House Counsel Summit (October 2023)
“Corporate Transparency Act: What All Attorneys Need to Know to Protect Their Clients,” Tucker Ellis LLP (June 2023)
“Corporate Transparency Act Update,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (April 2023)
“Commercial and Real Estate Finance: Understanding Lenders and Achieving Borrowers’ Goals,” 2023 Business Law Institute on Corporate Law and M&A, Tucker Ellis LLP (January 2023)

Publications

“Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Prohibiting Current Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (December 2024)
“Deadline Approaching to File Beneficial Ownership Information Reports,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (September 2024)
“Federal Court’s Finding that Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional Has Limited Effect,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (March 2024)
“New Law Will Require Millions of Corporations, LLCs and Other Entities to Disclose Beneficial Owners and Those Individuals with “Substantial Control,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (April 2023)
“A Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting Reform Through Referendum,” Cleveland State Law Review (2015)

Media

“Tucker Ellis Adds Jones Day, Kronenberg Attys,” Law360 Pulse (August 2022)

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (2022–2025)

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries, Board Member
Breaking New Ground, Advisory Member
Cleveland Special Improvement District Appeals Board, Board Member
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- Guest Lecturer
- Moot Coach Team, Volunteer Coach
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