JD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1979
BA, Union College, 1975

• New York State Bar

• Advised a publically-traded REIT in connection with recapitalizing a portfolio of approximately 9,000,000 square feet of commercial office space in the Southwestern United States with a net equity value of approximately $2 billion.
• Advised a non-US-based real estate fund in connection with a joint venture with a capital partner to "take private" a publically traded company with multi-family assets located in Europe and a market capitalization of approximately US $2 billion.
• Advised a US-based real estate fund in connection with completion of the "buy" side of a "buy/sell" provision of an entity that owns approximately 1,250,000 square feet of "transferable development rights" in Midtown, Manhattan.
• Advised a US-based real estate fund real estate fund in connection with (i) a joint venture with a private developer and (ii) the acquisition of an approximately 625,000 square foot office condominium in NYC.
• Advised a US-based real estate fund in connection with (i) an equity investment into a company developing a "spec" office building in New York and (ii) subsequently exiting the investment in a "structured sale" of its interests to an off-shore institutional investor. 
• Advised an off-shore investor in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in a major market sports team and the development of a multi-purpose sports arena.
• Advised a publically-traded REIT in connection with a $3 billion joint development commercial office and educational facilities project among a public real estate company, New York City, and an educational institution.
• Advised a US-based real estate fund in connection with (i) a joint venture with a capital partner to "take private" a publically traded company with multi-family assets located in Europe and a market capitalization of approximately US $2 billion.
• Advised a US-based real estate fund in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment of a number of hotels throughout the US and Europe.
• Advised a US-based real estate fund in connection with (i) a joint venture with another real estate fund and (ii) the acquisition of 13 hotels located in Germany out of an insolvency proceeding.
• Advising a non-US pension fund in connection with (i) the acquisition of interests in a number of office buildings located in NYC and (ii) the disposition of 18 hotels located throughout Western Europe.
• Advising a US-based real estate fund in connection with an equity investment into a company that will "master lease" a portfolio of approximately 80 "skilled nursing facilities" throughout the US to an operator and (ii) the formation of a platform joint venture with the operator to acquire two (2) additional portfolios of healthcare related assets in the United Kingdom.
• Advised a privately-owned real estate company in connection with restructuring a limited liability operating company that owns approximately 6,500 residential coop units in New York City, the mortgages on a number of other coop units, approximately 350,000 square feet of retail space and a retail development parcel.
• Advised a REIT in connection with (i) the formation of a platform joint venture with a privately-owned company that develops, acquires and manages multi-family housing throughout the Southwestern US and (ii) the acquisition of the first multi-family projects for the venture.
• Advised a privately-owned real estate company that owns interests in a number of entities that own residential rental buildings in New York City in connection with "tendering" for the non-owned interests. 
• Advised a privately-owned real estate company in connection with: (i) the development of a "build to suit" commercial office building; (ii) the development of a hotel attached to the commercial office building and the franchise agreement for the hotel; and (iii) the acquisition of a residential community / resort and related management company agreements.
• Advised a REIT in connection with (i) resolving its dispute with an institutional investor over the interpretation of a "collateral exchange" provision in a mezzanine loan on terms favorable to the company and (ii) a number of joint ventures to acquire multi-family residential assets.. 
• Advised a privately-owned real estate company that owns approximately 15,000,000 square feet of mixed-use assets throughout the US in connection with various construction, leasing and other asset-management based projects.
• Advised a real estate fund in connection with (i) an equity investment into a company developing a "spec" office building in New York and (ii) subsequently exiting the investment in a "structured sale" of its interests to an off-shore institutional investor. 
• Advised a private real estate investor in connection with (i) the exercise of a ROFO for a multi-parcel development site under a limited liability operating agreement and (ii) flipping the site to a third party for approximately 4 times the ROFO price.
• Advised a Fortune 500 Company in connection with: (i) over 2,000,000 square feet of office space leasing and development; (ii) the foreclosure on and sale of a 26 acre development parcel in Boston; (iii) the development of a large manufacturing plant in the Bronx;  and (iv) "spinning off" its' "bricks and mortar" assets into a "non-consolidated" entity.
• Advised an investment bank in connection with: (i) the acquisition of a series of loans at a discount to par; (ii) the acquisition by restructuring / insolvency of the assets; and (iii) the "repositioning" and eventual sale of the assets (including office buildings, retail assets, multi-family residential assets and hotels).

• Legal 500 US, recommended lawyer, Real Estate, The Legal 500, 2017-2019