Jason Vargelis - Partner

Jason Vargelis is a member of the firm’s Transactional Group.  He practices in the area of real estate finance with an emphasis on affordable housing tax credits.

Jason has broad experience representing for-profit and non-profit developers, syndicators and other participants in multifamily affordable housing projects utilizing a variety of funding sources, including federal and state tax credits, tax exempt bonds, state and local subsidy programs and utilizing property tax abatement.  His experience covers lower-tier project level transactions (involving developers, syndicators and lenders), as well as upper-tier investment transactions (involving syndicators and investors).  His tax credit experience also includes energy, historic and new markets.

Jason has represented various parties in real estate acquisition and lending transactions secured by real estate.  In addition, he has represented investment banks in public and private securitizations.  His structured finance experience also includes interest rate swaps and other derivative products.

Jason is a member of the California, Colorado and New York bars.  During law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Boston University Law Review.

Jason was formerly associated with Sidley Austin LLP, in New York, where he practiced in the area of securitization, as well as with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, in San Francisco and other California and Colorado-based law firms specializing in affordable housing tax credit transactions.