This Practice Note explains the most common intercreditor structure in real estate finance transactions and covers (1) use of intercreditor arrangements and structural subordination to subordinate a mezzanine loan to a senior loan, (2) typical funding structure and security package for a real estate financing where there are both senior and mezzanine loans, and (3) key intercreditor provisions for negotiation (including subordination and priority of payments, permitted enforcement of the first ranking mezzanine share security, the mezzanine lender’s right to cure a default under the senior loan, the mezzanine lender’s right to purchase the senior loan, and the consent and consultation rights of the mezzanine lender). It also briefly covers the use of A/B loan structures and contractual subordination in real estate finance.