Nitya Kumar Goyal focuses her practice in the area of commercial real estate finance. She represents banks, insurance companies, institutional lenders and private equity investors in mortgage and mezzanine loan origination secured by a wide variety of commercial real estate properties, including office buildings, industrial, multifamily, hotels and retail properties, as well as loan participations, syndications and other co-lender arrangements.
Ms. Kumar Goyal was recognized as an associate to watch by Chambers USA for real estate finance in 2021 and as "up and coming" by Chambers USA for real estate finance as well as a "Next Generation Partner" by The Legal 500 (US) in 2022. Ms. Kumar Goyal was honored as “Diversity & Inclusion: Future Leader” in the Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards for North America 2022 and as an "Asian Leader Worth Watching" in Profiles in Diversity Journal's Q2 2022 edition. She was also named a finalist for “Rising Star in Finance” by Euromoney in its Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2022.
Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Kumar Goyal worked as an associate in the real estate practice group of another international law firm where she represented private equity funds in commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and mortgage and mezzanine financings for single assets as well as hotel and office building portfolios.