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Keith Padien
Cantor Commercial Real Estate Director, West Coast Loan Originations, Keith Padien is a commercial real estate finance professional with a distinguished list of academic, professio...view moreCantor Commercial Real Estate Director, West Coast Loan Originations, Keith Padien is a commercial real estate finance professional with a distinguished list of academic, professional, and community service accomplishments. A loan specialist who has underwritten and closed over $1.5 billion in floating and fixed rate acquisition, construction, and refinance loans, Keith Padien still takes the time to contribute to his community.
Keith Padien belongs to The State Bar of California. He is also licensed as a California Real Estate Broker and has received his certification for passing the Series 7 and Series 63 financial exams. Keith Padien has extensive experience in the real estate finance field, starting with his employment by George Smith Partners, Inc., in 2003, where his duties included investment analysis and package preparation for commercial real estate assets.
After his work at George Smith Partners, Keith Padien took a job with Credit Suisse Group AG. At Credit Suisse, Keith Padien underwrote and closed commercial asset loans totaling nearly $1 billion dollars, organized and hosted the January 2008 L.A. Live Bank Loan Syndication and Investment Conference, and managed high-profile clients, including real estate private equity firms, publicly-traded REITs, and high-net woth real estate investors.
In his free time, Keith Padien enjoys football and baseball as a fan of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. He also enjoys traveling and listening to music. Padien is a supporter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Southern California & Nevada Chapter, and he and his wife participate in the organization’s yearly Challenge Walk. Keith Padien also helped to start the Southern California Young Professionals Group, an organization meant to help teens and young adults dealing with multiple sclerosis. In 2009, Padien served as a tutor as part of the Determined to Succeed program.
Keith Padien received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with highest honors from the University of Rhode Island campus in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law and Marshall School of Business at the same time, receiving a Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration in 2005.view less