Maureen E. Montague

I consider myself a passionate client advocate who possesses the ability to devise creative, yet practical solutions to complex legal matters. My goal is always to use my judgment, insight and expertise to minimize risk and meet the business objectives of my clients.

Ms. Montague concentrates her practice in commercial real estate. Her transactional experience encompasses the purchase, sale, financing and leasing of office, industrial, retail, and residential properties. She has handled complex, multistate transactions involving construction and mezzanine financing, leasehold and securitized financing, and mortgage assumptions on behalf of private and publicly-held companies, and has represented landlords and tenants in connection with the leasing of commercial properties. She is experienced in the drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements related to commercial and residential loan portfolios.

Ms. Montague's expertise includes an emphasis on commercial and residential mortgage foreclosure and tax foreclosure. She brings extensive experience to the representation of lenders in foreclosures and loan restructuring with respect to commercial, industrial and residential properties including assisted living facilities, age-restricted housing, multi-unit apartment buildings, and retail and mixed-use properties. Her work includes the prosecution and defense of mortgage foreclosure actions in New Jersey and New York, the negotiation of loan modifications, workouts and strategic restructuring, and coordination with receivers and property managers.

In the area of condominiums and planned real estate development, Ms. Montague is experienced in the registration of developments situated outside of New Jersey with the New Jersey Real Estate Commission’s Bureau of Subdivided Land Sales Control.  She has also restructured existing condominiums to rental premises and dealt with related issues of affordable housing controls and lenders’ requirements.

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