Rachel M. Orbach is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. She focuses her practice on real estate finance transactions, representing institutional lenders, including debt funds and investment banks, on the origination and disposition of mortgage, mezzanine and construction loans across all real estate asset classes. She also has extensive experience working on post-closing modifications and restructuring.
Rachel has been named in the Super Lawyers: New York Metro “Rising Stars” list for Real Estate in 2024.
Rachel’s selected significant matters includes the following:*
- Represent a lender in connection with a $2.8 billion mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by a portfolio of industrial properties located in various states across the country;
- Represent administrative agent and lender syndicate in connection with a $680 million construction loan secured by development project to be used primarily for lab and office space in Cambridge, MA;
- Represent lender in connection with a $200 million delayed draw master acquisition loan facility to finance the acquisition of certain self-storage properties located primarily in the Sun-belt; and
- Represent lender in connection with a $200 million facility to fund the acquisition, development and lease-up of build-to-rent properties.
Rachel received her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from Emory University.
Rachel is admitted to practice in the states of New York and New Jersey.
*Includes representations prior to Rachel’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Fordham University - 2017 Juris Doctor
- Emory University - 2013 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New Jersey Bar
- New York Bar