In-Person

Finance

National

National Finance Forum

May 6, 2025 The Metropolitan Club, 1 E 60th St, New York , NY 10022

Keynote Speakers

Lauren Hochfelder

Co-CEO

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing

Siddharth Shrivastava

Managing Director, Investment Banking

Goldman Sachs

Speakers

Brad Bitting

Managing Director

Post Brothers

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David Friedman

Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer and Head of Non-Agency Production & Syndications

Arbor Realty Trust

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Chris Niederpruem

Managing Director, Group Head

First Citizens Commercial Real Estate

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Head of Acquisitions

Haven Capital

Yorick Starr

Managing Director & Investment Officer

Invesco

MODERATOR

Krystyna Blakeslee

Partner

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Cathy Cunningham

EMCEE

CATHY CUNNINGHAM

Executive Editor

Commercial Observer

MODERATOR

Mark Fawer

Partner

Greenspoon Marder LLP

MODERATOR

Leo Leyva

Co-chair of the Litigation, Real Estate and Real Estate Special Opportunities departments

Cole Schotz P.C

JAY NEVELOFF

MODERATOR

Jay Neveloff

Partner Chair, Real Estate

Kramer Levin

JEN MORGAN

MODERATOR

JEN MORGAN

Partner

King & Spalding

MODERATOR

Jason Stratmoen

Partner, Real Estate Department

Paul Hastings LLC

What You Need To Know

Join 250+ commercial real estate finance executives for a targeted half-day event, calling on the industry’s most dynamic players nationwide to share their insights on the state of real estate finance and lending, from the local to national market.

Experts will share their 2025 finance outlook, new economic projections based on the Fed’s December meeting, current state of lender-borrower dynamics, emerging opportunities for distressed investors, which asset classes are in demand and any trouble spots and new revenue pipelines in the market.