Sonia A. Galan

Sonia Galan is an associate in the Finance Department, focusing her practice on real estate and commercial finance and investment transactions.

Sonia advises developers, investors, and lenders on complex development, financing, and M&A transactions, with an emphasis on energy, infrastructure, and resource sector projects. She routinely guides clients through site control and title matters, including ground leases, easements, rights-of-way arrangements, and title insurance, to assess risk and align with financing and transactional objectives. Sonia also counsels financial institutions on a variety of lending transactions, including secured and unsecured credit arrangements, term loans, revolving credit lines, and note-on-note financings.

Prior to joining the firm, Sonia worked as a law clerk on matters involving bankruptcy, business disputes, and foreclosure proceedings. She also served as a real estate paralegal at a multibillion-dollar private investment firm, where she supported legal review and documentation for acquisitions, leasing, development, and property management across a broad portfolio of retail, office, hospitality, multifamily, and residential assets.