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Marla Berger
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Marla Berger
Principal
Marla Berger is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on Blue Owl commercial real estate debt originations. She represents the team during the entire loan cycle.
Before joining Blue Owl, Marla was the Head of Legal for Commercial Mortgage Lending at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Before that, she was a Managing Director and Senior Vice President at GMAC Commercial Mortgage, the predecessor to Capmark Finance, Inc. Marla held several positions while there, including Head of Underwriting and Closing, COO of the company's Lending Group and Head of Client Relations and Portfolio Management. She began her career as an attorney at the New York law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood where she became an equity partner.
Marla earned her JD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and received her BS in Psychology, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Before joining Blue Owl, Marla was the Head of Legal for Commercial Mortgage Lending at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Before that, she was a Managing Director and Senior Vice President at GMAC Commercial Mortgage, the predecessor to Capmark Finance, Inc. Marla held several positions while there, including Head of Underwriting and Closing, COO of the company's Lending Group and Head of Client Relations and Portfolio Management. She began her career as an attorney at the New York law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood where she became an equity partner.
Marla earned her JD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and received her BS in Psychology, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.