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Joshua N. Rudin

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Josh focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial real estate, with a concentration in real estate finance, digital infrastructure, and powered land transactions. He advises owners, operators, and developers on construction financing and complex credit structures, creating tailored long-term financing solutions that support evolving business objectives.

He has extensive experience with acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and real estate development projects. His clients include private equity firms, insurance companies, financial institutions, alternative lenders, and real estate owners and developers. Josh also assists clients by integrating real estate strategies into private equity, M&A, restructuring, public finance, and infrastructure transactions. He co-authored an article in the Real Estate Finance Journal discussing strategies for underwriting, acquiring, and resolving distressed real estate debt, offering insights into complex financing challenges.

Josh advises clients on digital infrastructure transactions, including powered land and data center projects, as well as data center leasing for landlords and tenants. He represented Tonaquint Data Centers, a DIF Capital Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of EdgeX Data Centers, a deal that expanded Tonaquint’s footprint across the Mountain West and Southwest and added powered land assets in emerging markets.

Prior to joining Mintz, Josh practiced at several international law firms in their real estate finance groups and completed an eight-month secondment with a global alternative asset management firm, gaining hands-on experience in structuring complex debt and equity real estate investments.

Josh remains active with the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association, mentoring students and assisting with interviews and job search preparation.

Experience

Real Estate Finance (Borrower Representations)

  • Represented real estate private equity firm in a:
    • $250M warehousing credit facility for the acquisition of nine (9) industrial properties in six (6) jurisdictions.
    • $200M warehousing credit facility for the acquisition of seven (7) industrial properties in five (5) jurisdictions.
  • Represented real estate private equity firm in a $240M refinancing of a warehousing portfolio of sixteen (16) industrial properties in eight (8) jurisdictions.
  • Represented national fresh food and indoor farming company in a $150M refinancing of its portfolio of three (3) owned and seven (7) leased real properties in seven (7) jurisdictions.
  • Represented alternative asset management firm in a consensual foreclosure and a $200M refinancing of four (4) multi-family assets.
  • Represented real estate firm in a $67M refinancing of a mixed-use development.
  • Represented family office in a:
    • $105M senior construction loan and $30M mezzanine construction loan for the ground up development of industrial and retail properties.
    • $45M construction loan for the ground up development of a self-storage facility. 

Acquisitions

  • Represented real estate investor in a $300M acquisition of a Class A office building.
  • Represented real estate fund in a $25M acquisition of an industrial development site.
  • Represented real estate developer in the acquisition of a:
    • 500-acre assemblage for $30M of powered land transactions for development of a hyperscaler data center development.
    • 1,000-acre assemblage for $40M of powered land transactions for development of a hyperscaler data center development.
  • Represented infrastructure fund in the acquisition of a:
    • $48M powered land site for the development of a data center campus.
    • $64M powered land site for the development of a data center campus.
    • $40M powered land site for the development of a data center campus.

Leasing

  • Represented battery storage firm as tenant in lease negotiations for upwards of forty (40) battery storage facilities in New York City.
  • Represented national data center owner/operator as landlord in lease negotiations with:
    • International investment bank for 5MW of electrical capacity in a data center.
    • International investment bank for 5MW of electrical capacity in a data center.
    • Proprietary trading firm for 2MW of electrical capacity in a data center.
    • Quantitative trading firm for 1MW of electrical capacity in a data center.
  • Represented data center customer in lease negotiations for 1 MW of capacity in a data center.
  • Represented alternative energy data center developer as landlord in data center lease negotiations and development of data center campus for Fortune 50 company. 

Project Finance & Energy Infrastructure

  • Lead real estate counsel to the Department of Energy Loan Program Office in the negotiation of loan guarantee agreements for the development of large-scale project finance matters involving alternative energy technology, including construction loans for a:
    • $1.2B solar panel manufacturing facility in Georgia.
    • $1.2B development of a potash fracking site in Michigan.
    • $1B expansion of an alternative fuel development and distribution site in Montana. 
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News & Press

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Mintz announces the elevation of 12 attorneys to its partnership ranks across the US and Canada, effective January 1, 2026. These promotions build on the firm’s growth in 2025, which included 14 lateral partners spanning the firm’s geographies.

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173 Mintz attorneys across 53 practice areas have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five Mintz attorneys received 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 61 firm attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Mintz represented the US Department of Energy (DoE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) in the closing of a $1.67 billion loan guarantee to Montana Renewables, LLC, the largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer in North America.

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Mintz represented the US Department of Energy (DoE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) in the closing of a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Hanwha Q Cells Georgia, Inc. (QCells), a leading North American crystalline silicon solar manufacturer. 

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187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Members Daniel Guggenheim, William Squires III, and Associate Joshua Rudin recently published an article in The Real Estate Finance Journal exploring some of the important issues in purchasing and resolving distressed real estate debt.

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Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

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Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

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Recognition & Awards

  • Best Lawyers of America: Ones to Watch – Real Estate (2021 - 2026)

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Involvement

  • Volunteer, Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association
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