Kathleen O. "Katie" Burgener

Kathleen O. "Katie" Burgener

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023
Awarded Practice Areas
Banking and Finance Law Real Estate Law
Works at
Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA

35 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Katie O'Neill Burgener focuses her practice on Real Estate Law, representing clients in a wide range of commercial real estate matters in Boston, Massachusetts and throughout the region. As an attorney with Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA, she advises businesses, developers, lenders, and investors on complex real estate transactions and day‑to‑day property matters.

Her practice includes counseling clients on commercial real estate finance transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing arrangements. Katie regularly assists borrowers and lenders with acquisition financing, refinancing, construction loans, and mezzanine financing, guiding clients through the negotiation, documentation, and closing process.

Katie also works with clients on the structuring and execution of commercial real estate deals involving office, retail, and mixed‑use properties. She provides practical guidance throughout each stage of a transaction, helping clients address due diligence considerations, financing terms, and lease provisions while keeping their broader business goals in mind.

Through her Real Estate Law practice at Sheehan Phinney, Katie supports clients navigating the legal and transactional aspects of commercial real estate in Boston and across Massachusetts.

Works at
Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA

35 Best Lawyers awards

Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA logo

Locations

Education

  • Colgate University, B.A
  • Boston University School of Law, LL.M.
  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., graduated 2005

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
Awards:
  • G. Joseph Tauro Scholar, Boston University Law School

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Case History

Cases
  • Representative matters
  • Represented nonprofits in connection with the acquisitions of real property and closings of construction loans in Massachusetts.
  • Represented CDFI lenders making secured and unsecured loans to charter schools and affordable housing developers in multiple markets.
  • Represented a life science company leasing approximately 52,000 square feet of office and lab space in Cambridge, MA.
  • Represented a lead lender in connection with a syndicated construction loan of $350,000,000 in Massachusetts.
  • Represented a private equity firm to coordinate and close the assumption of over 70 mortgage loans in connection with a multifamily portfolio acquisition.
  • Represented several CMBS lenders originating securitized debt across multiple asset classes (multi and single tenant office, retail, and hotel) and markets.
  • Represented a national real estate lender originating construction loans ranging from $50,000,000-$85,000,000 for multifamily developments.

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