Kiana I. Taylor

With nearly twenty years of experience, Kiana Taylor focuses her practice on all aspects of commercial real estate, including debt and equity financings, acquisitions, dispositions, public finance, corporate and related matters. Kiana has significant experience structuring, negotiating and documenting complex financing transactions, including those involving SBA loans.

Prior to joining Selzer Gurvitch, Kiana served for almost six years as in-house Real Estate Counsel at Choice Hotels International in Rockville, Maryland. In that role, she handled a wide range of real estate matters on a local and national basis, including secured real estate and mezzanine financing transactions, development projects, joint ventures, leasing and general corporate matters. She also enjoys hospitality-focused work, representing hotel owners, managers and developers in connection with hotel management agreements and other related transactional documents.

Earlier in her career, Kiana practiced as an associate at several law firms headquartered in Maryland and Washington, D.C., advising clients on a broad array of commercial real estate and corporate matters.

Kiana earned her Bachelor of Science in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland and her Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in Washington, D.C.