Grayson K. Sieg
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Grayson Sieg counsels financial lending institutions and real estate owners and developers in a variety of real estate finance transactions.
Grayson has significant experience advising lenders and capital providers on unsecured financings and loan syndications as well as construction, permanent, and bridge financing secured by a wide variety of assets throughout the United States, including multifamily residential properties, hotel and resort properties, retail and shopping centers, office parks, industrial complexes and mixed-use assets.
Grayson’s work includes counseling clients in an array of collateral structuring, including real estate investment trust (REIT) finance, senior housing, note purchases and sales, and mezzanine and other forms of subordinated financing. Through a collaborative, driven, goal-to-go approach, he has successfully assisted clients in documenting, negotiating, risk-mitigating, and closing billions of dollars’ worth of transactions.
A veteran, Grayson served as a Naval Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy (2003-2012) and continues to serve as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Outside of the office, Grayson enjoys hockey, sailing, woodworking, painting, and hiking with his family.
- Education
- Cleveland State University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2015); Executive Editor, Cleveland State Law Review; Chair, Cleveland State Moot Court Team
- Boston University (M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis, with distinction, 2012)
- Case Western Reserve University (B.A. in Political Science and Economics, magna cum laude, 2002)
- State Admissions
- Ohio, 2015
- Service Areas
- Real Estate Finance
- Commercial Finance
- Public & Structured Finance
- Financial Services
- Hospitality
- Real Estate
- Industries Represented
- Real Estate
- Hotels / Resorts
- Golf Courses
- Banks
- Financial Institutions
- Represented a national bank as administrative agent in connection with the refinancing and upsizing of a $1.5-billion credit facility, consisting of a $700-million revolving credit facility, a $300-million term loan A, and a $500-million term loan B, secured by four destination resort and conference centers totaling 8,114 guest rooms and over two million square feet of meeting space
- Represented a national bank as administrative agent, lead arranger, sole bookrunner, and lender in connection with a $880-million senior syndicated term loan secured by a newly constructed 1,501-room hotel and convention center situated on an 85-acre campus in Aurora, Colorado
- Represented a national financial institution as administrative agent in connection with the Chapter 11 financial reorganization plan of a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages a portfolio of shopping malls totaling over 23 million square feet of retail space
- Represented a national bank as administrative agent in connection with a $300-million term loan secured by a newly constructed multimedia studio and office project located in the Hollywood Park Development in Inglewood, California
- Represented a national financial institution in connection with a $105-million term loan to an owner and operator of golf and country clubs throughout the United States
- Represented a national financial institution as administrative agent in connection with a $212-million term loan and project loan secured by a Class A office building in New York, New York
- Represented a national bank in connection with the $450-million syndicated secured financing for the development and construction of a portion of a tech campus located in Sunnyvale, California
- Represented a national bank in connection with a $356.6-million construction loan secured by a 43-story office building with ground floor retail and subterranean parking in downtown San Francisco
- Represented a national financial institution as administrative agent in connection with a $212-million term loan and project loan secured by a Class A office building in New York, New York
- Represented a private equity firm in the acquisition and financing a 20,000-acre single family residential and resort community in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, situated between Charleston and Savannah
Speaking Engagements
- “The Corporate Transparency Act,” 66th Annual Cleveland Tax Institute (November 2023)
- “The Corporate Transparency Act,” 50th Annual Estate Planning Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (October 2023)
- “Shell (Company) Shock: A Corporate Transparency Act Primer,” Tucker Ellis In-House Counsel Summit (October 2023)
- “Corporate Transparency Act: What All Attorneys Need to Know to Protect Their Clients,” Tucker Ellis LLP (June 2023)
- “Corporate Transparency Act Update,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (April 2023)
- “Commercial and Real Estate Finance: Understanding Lenders and Achieving Borrowers’ Goals,” 2023 Business Law Institute on Corporate Law and M&A, Tucker Ellis LLP (January 2023)
Publications
- “Federal Court’s Finding that Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional Has Limited Effect,” Tucker Ellis Client Alert (March 2024)
- “A Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting Reform Through Referendum,” Cleveland State Law Review (2015)
Media
- “Tucker Ellis Adds Jones Day, Kronenberg Attys,” Law360 Pulse (August 2022)
- Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch (2022–2024)
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries, Board Member
- Breaking New Ground, Advisory Member
- Cleveland Special Improvement District Appeals Board, Board Member
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- Guest Lecturer
- Moot Coach Team, Volunteer Coach
- Hockey Players in Business
