Kelly Shubic Weiner renders sophisticated yet practical advice and strategic business solutions for owners, developers, operators, investors and lenders engaged in complex real estate and commercial transactions in the US and abroad. She brings a creative and cutting-edge approach to her focus areas of hospitality and lodging, special servicing and mixed use and life style development. Both efficient and effective at guiding a transaction from inception to closing, she advises on acquisitions, dispositions, development, hospitality initiatives, joint ventures, financing, and leasing of commercial enterprises.

As a member of Venable's Hospitality and Lodging team, she has advised international hotel and lodging companies on the repositioning of convention center hotels in major US Cities and the development of hotels in mixed-use and resort projects.

As a member of Venable's Special Servicing team, she handles workouts and restructuring of CMBS loans in which she applies a nuanced approach to a successful workout deal, including strategic workouts involving multiple tiers of debt and competing interests.

Significant Matters

Representation of international hospitality company in connection with the repositioning of convention center hotels in major US cities, including but not limited to the restructuring of public/private redevelopment agreements, exhibit hall and meeting space use agreements, room block agreements, ground leases and management agreements.
Representation of major European Bank in connection with loan restructuring and new facilities loan for $155,000,000 loan to borrower for funding a mixed use resort development project known as located in Los Cabos, Mexico which includes two golf courses (including a course designed by an internationally top ranked professional golfer), golf villas, beach estates, time share product, and an 11 acre lagoon pool and related amenities.
Representation of a company with the cross-disciplinary Venable team that advised in connection with its acquisition and development of the 3,100 acre former Bethlehem Steel industrial site.
Representation of local developer of a premier, “green” mixed-use development in Howard County, Maryland with respect to the sale of out parcels for multi-family and residential home construction, and the on-going development, infrastructure and lot finishing work.
Representation of international hospitality company with respect to the acquisition and development of flagship brand hotel sites.
Representation of a major European Bank with respect to real estate, workout, and restructuring matters arising with respect to its large counterparty position under Lehman’s whole loan repo program.
Representation of publicly traded REIT in connection with the acquisition of lifestyle retail centers in mixed-use projects across the United States, including related joint venture, leasing and tenant build-out matters.
Representation of Special Servicer in connection with work outs, loan restructurings and collateral repositionings (including sale of out-parcel to a major retailer) for regional malls across the United States.
Representation of Special Servicer in connection with the sale of a $2.5 billion portfolio of real estate and mortgage assets comprised of retail, office and hotel properties located across the United States.

Activities
Passionate about dance and the arts, Ms. Weiner currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Maryland's premier professional ballet company and she is a past-board member of Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, each of which are located in Annapolis, Maryland.

As an active member of the American Bar Association, Ms. Weiner has served as past-chair of the Hospitality, Common Interests Development and Time Share group of the Real Property, Trusts and Estates division of the ABA.