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Real Estate Vice President

Location:
Agoura Hills, CA, 91301
Posted:
June 01, 2011

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Resume:

SCOTT BORAS

Agoura Hills, California • 323-***-**** • ******@**********.***

PROFILE

Creative, hands 0n financial executive with extensive experience and well developed financial, strategic,

analytical and communications skills.

EDUCATION

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1995

Pepperdine University School of Law, JD, 1989, magna cum laude, Law Review (class rank: 3/215)

Simon Fraser University, BBA, 1985

EXPERIENCE

President

Bourn Conix Commercial, LLC, Tucson, AZ, Los Angeles, CA 2011 to Present

Tapped to lead a start up joint venture of two established real estate organizations to acquire distressed

office and retail properties in Arizona and the Southwestern United States.

Developing business plan, relationships and ground work for the sourcing, underwriting and financing

of transactions.

Principal

Boras Urban Development and Consulting, Tucson, AZ, Los Angeles, CA 2005 to 2010

Developed business, marketing and financial plans; structured investment fund; and drafted a private

placement memorandum related to the proposed development of green, pedestrian oriented projects.

Acted as interim Chief Financial Officer for a $1 bln commercial development, brokerage, and property

management firm.

Oversaw the profitable disposition of a portfolio of real estate assets located in 12 states for a large

privately held real estate investment company.

Created the business, financial and strategic plan that was the basis for the design, financing and

opening of an award winning, one of a kind, women only water spa in downtown Toronto.

Senior Vice President – Finance, Legal, Acquisitions and Development

Maefield Development, Los Angeles, CA 2001 to 2005

Oversaw acquisitions, finance, legal, and accounting of a $2 bln commercial development company.

Negotiated, structured and drafted acquisition, joint venture and lease agreements. Representative

transactions:

Joint venture to develop a 560,000 square foot mixed use project

Acquisition of a development site for a $72 mln condominium project

Agreement with city council to develop and partially finance a 750,000 square foot retail center

Established and fostered banking relationships and negotiated, structured and closed debt financings.

Representative transactions:

$35 mln borrowing base revolving credit facility

$36 mln retail center construction loan

$60 mln condominium acquisition and development loan

$95 mln bridge loan and mezzanine financing

Evaluated all acquisitions and development projects and created all Excel and Argus models, pro

formas, annual operating budgets and investor presentations.

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Vice President

Imperial Entertainment Group, Beverly Hills, CA 1998

to 2001

Sourced, structured and closed financings of more than 20 independent films.

Led workouts of distressed entertainment loan portfolios.

Headed group’s Canadian and Australian entertainment financing operations.

Established and managed relationships with domestic and international film producers and production

companies.

Vice President

ABN Amro Bank, New York, NY, 1996 to 1998

Originated and structured leveraged credit transactions and provided investment banking advisory

services to media and entertainment clients. Representative transactions:

Lead Agent of a $360 mln structured credit facility for Time Warner

Lead Agent of $150 mln leveraged financing and Co Manager of a related high yield bond offering

for a portfolio company of Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts

Built complex Excel models to evaluate leveraged credit structures, borrower cash flow projections and

client capital structures.

Created client “pitch books,” drafted portions of loan syndication marketing documents and made

presentations to the bank’s US and European credit committees.

Supervised, mentored and trained junior bank officers.

Promoted to Vice President within one year of joining the bank and less than three years after

graduating from business school.

Associate

Bank of New York Mellon, New York, NY 1995 to

1996

Evaluated over $1 bln in leveraged credit transactions involving the media and entertainment

industries.

Authored in depth credit analyses involving detailed reviews of borrowers’ businesses and

financial statements, assessments of loan structures and computer modeling of projected cash

flows, debt service and covenant compliance.

Completed an extensive money center bank credit training program.

Associate Attorney

Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA 1989 to

1991

Advised on legal issues and drafted and reviewed agreements and other documentation involving

mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and bank financings. Representative transactions:

$105 mln offering of common shares in International Rectifier

$1 bln syndicated bank financing for Safeway

Counseled corporate clients on matters related to corporate/securities law, taxation and intellectual

property.

CREDENTIALS

Member of the California Bar Association

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional

Licensed California Real Estate Broker



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