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Julie

Julie H. Seidenstein

Counsel to the Firm

Julie Seidenstein counsels regional and national clients on all aspects of real estate transactions, including construction and permanent real estate financing, leasing, sales, and acquisition and development of retail, office, hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use properties.

Julie also represents institutional lenders, finance companies, joint ventures and borrowers with respect to construction and permanent real estate loans for retail, office, hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use properties on a national basis. She has extensive experience in counseling tenants, property owners and developers in the sale, acquisition, leasing and development of commercial real estate, and the drafting and negotiation of leases, loan sale agreements, loan documents, legal opinions, joint venture agreements, and purchase and sale agreements.

Julie has particular experience in many areas of lending, including traditional balance-sheet loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, participation and syndication structures, loan modifications and mezzanine financing. She also regularly advises clients in general corporate and business matters.

Recent representative matters and clients include:

Representation of national and institutional mortgage loan portfolio services in senior and mezzanine loan assumptions, loan extensions for fixed-rate and floating-rate loans, loan modifications, cash management structures, leasing matters, real property issues such as easements, zoning, title work, condemnations and liens, as well as consent and general compliance matters;
Representation of issuers and loan portfolio services in connection with secured and unsecured financial transactions and asset-backed securitizations; and
Representation of institutional lending clients in the review, rehabilitation and enforcement of large commercial real estate loan portfolios prior to sale or following acquisitions.

Personal Experience

Foster Pepper PLLC, Of Counsel (2013-2016)

Attorney in private practice in North Carolina (2005-2013)

Community Involvement

Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Washington Chapter

Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)

Seattle & Sound Chapter
- Finance Committee (2017)
- Co-chair, Programs Committee (2015-Present)
- Member (2013-Present)
Charlotte Chapter
- Board Member (2011-2012)
- Committee Chair (2007-2011)

Member, Washington Bankers Association (2015-Present)

Member, Seattle University School of Law, Mentoring/Professional Development Committee (2015-Present)

Volunteer, Mary’s Place (2014-Present)

Member, Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association (2014-Present)

United Way of King County (2014-Present)

Emerging Leader
Campaign Coordinator

Member, Wellspring Family Services, Luncheon Planning Committee (2014-Present)

King County Bar Association (2013-Present)

Member, Business Law Section
Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Washington State Bar Association (2013-Present)

Member, Business Law Section
Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Member, Washington Women Lawyers, King County Chapter (2013-Present)

Member, Arts and Science Council, Young Donor Society (2011-2012)

North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, Charlotte Women’s Bar

Board Member and Officer (2009-2012)
Member and Committee Chair (2005-2009)

Member, Mecklenburg County Bar, Young Lawyers Division (2005-2012)

North Carolina Bar Association

Member (2005-Present)
Member, Young Lawyers Division (2005-2012)

American Bar Association

Member, Business Law Section
Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Thought Leadership

March 24, 2020Publication
COVID-19 Leads to New Force Majeure & Closing Addenda to Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements
COVID-19 Resource
September 26, 2018Event / CLE
Current Issues in Washington Commercial Real Estate
Building Owners and Managers Association | Seattle
August 29, 2018News
Lane Powell Represents KinderCare Education in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Center
Client Conversations
April 12, 2017Event / CLE
Easements and CCRs in Washington
East King County Bar Association Real Property Section | Bellevue, Washington
March 24, 2017Event / CLE
Drafting Agreements to Avoid Litigation
Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association | Seattle
November 18, 2016News
Seidenstein is KCWWL 2016 Volunteer of the Year
Awards & Honors
November 4, 2016Event / CLE
5th Annual Easements and CCRs in Washington Conference
The Seminar Group | Seattle
June 9, 2016Event / CLE
Google Real Estate Strategies
Commercial Real Estate Women | Seattle
April 27, 2016News
Seidenstein Joins Lane Powell’s Real Estate Practice Group
Firm Announcement
January 21, 2016Event / CLE
Show Me the Money
Commercial Real Estate Women | Seattle
2016Publication
Bona Fide Purchaser Doctrine
Washington Real Property Deskbook
Sep 2015Event / CLE
The Secondary Mortgage Market: RMBS, CDOs and Emerging Issues
Washington State Department of Financial Institutions

Practices & Industries

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Construction
Finance & Banking
Nonprofit & Social Enterprise
Private Investment Funds
Real Estate

Education

Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005
- Moot Court, Board Member
- Women’s Law Caucus, Executive Board Member
- Presidential Scholarship Recipient (2002-2005)
University of San Diego , B.A., English, magna cum laude, 2002
- Mortar Board Honor Society
- Order of Omega Honor Society
- Trustee Scholarship Recipient (1998-2002)

Admissions

Washington
North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Language

German (Conversational)

Honors

"Women in Law Award," Lawyer Monthly magazine, Transactional Real Estate (2016-2017)

"Volunteer of the Year Award," Washington Women Lawyers, King County Chapter (2015-2016)

"Washington Rising Star," Thomson Reuters, Real Estate: Business (2015)

"Woman Extraordinaire," Business Leader magazine (2011)

"Jane V. Harper Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award," Mecklenburg County Bar (2010)

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