Joseph W. Weill is the practice co-leader of the firm’s Real Estate Finance Group, and he focusses his practice on commercial real estate finance transactions.
Joe represents national and local banks, insurance companies, institutional lenders, and specialty finance companies. Joe represents clients in connection with acquisition, construction, refinance, bridge and affordable housing loan facilities, including both single-lender and syndicated transactions across an array of real estate asset classes. In addition to serving as origination counsel, he also assists finance clients in connection with placing loans on warehouse facilities and servicing existing loans. Joe’s experience includes advising clients on programmatic documentation and deal structuring for nuanced finance transactions, including pari passu funding structures, complex joint venture arrangements, and transactions involving private equity investments.
In addition to his finance practice, Joe maintains an active transactional real estate practice. He has advised corporate clients in connection with various real estate needs and has advised investors and developers in connection with the acquisition, disposition, development, redevelopment, financing, and leasing of multifamily, office, industrial, affordable housing, and warehouse properties.
Representative Experience
Representative Matters
- Representation of a national finance company in connection with its "build to rent" single family rental construction loan program, including the following representative transactions:
- The origination of a $92.1 million construction loan for a "build to rent" single family rental project in Colorado. The transaction involved a pari passu funding structure and a nuanced joint venture arrangement among the borrower's sponsorship.
- The origination of a $72.8 million construction loan for a "build to rent" single family rental project in Texas. The transaction involved site development challenges and co-development obligations involving adjacent properties.
- The origination and upsizing of a $38.3 million construction loan for a "build to rent" single family rental project in Texas. The transaction involved co-development/infrastructure obligations involving adjacent developers and a Municipal Utility District (MUD).
- Representation of a commercial bank, as agent and lender, in the origination, syndication, and subsequent refinancing of an originally $155 million A/B construction loan in connection with the construction and development of a high-rise office building. The project and transaction involved significant real estate related complications, including, without limitation, a mixed-use master land condominium and various redevelopment obligations.
- Representation of a commercial bank in the origination of an $18 million construction and bridge loan facility in connection with the construction and development of an 88-unit modular affordable housing project. The transaction involved subordinate soft debt facilities and low-income housing tax credits, as well as the nuances created by modular construction.
Professional Highlights
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Real Estate Law, 2021-2024 (Mount Laurel)
Legal 500, Real Estate - Real Estate Finance, 2025
Credentials
Education
Villanova University School of Law (J.D. 2011)
Villanova Law Review, Articles Editor; Order of the Coif
Providence College (B.A. 2007)
Admissions
New Jersey
Pennsylvania