Experience

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  Dahan & Nowick LLP

  • 1700 Broadway, New York, NY

  • Of Counsel

    • 1992 - 2011
    • 1700 Broadway, New York, NY

    Represented my own clients in major real estate operations in NYC, including numerous refinancings of several residential and commercial office projects in NYC, acquisiton of a troubled site for a major high rise residential condo project, and thereafter in connection with construction financing for all six stages of the project. Represented clients of the firm in connection with shopping center leasing and litigation by a major national discount shopping center retailer, in connection with office leasing matters from a major firm client and numerous other real estate matters.

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  Self employed legal/financial services

  • Independant real estate professional

    • 1964 - 2010

    Long term M & A experience in the corporate area including LBOs representing both listed companies and the new investors. I have represented individual and institutional borrowers, sellers and investors in connections with all types of acquisitions, dispositions, syndications, spin offs, swaps, mergers (including bank mergers) and joint ventures, as well as workouts and restructurings where initial financing arrangements have required such steps. Extensive experience in all areas of real estate acquisitions, sales and financing (including coop and condo transactions) and all areas leasing including ground leasing, space leasing, air rights leasing, financing leases such as IRBs and sale leasebacks, office prime leasing, industrial facility leasing, shopping center leasing and residential multifamily leasing, representing both landlords and tenants, as well as primary and mezzanine financing and refinancing of all such enterprises representing both lenders and borrowers.

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  Ross & Hardies

  • 525 Madison Ave NYC, Chicago, Washington DC

  • General Partner/ Senior NY Real Estate Partner

    • 1990 - 1992
    • 525 Madison Ave NYC, Chicago, Washington DC

    I represented my own clients in connection with ongoing hotel and office building construction projects in NYC and supervised representation of firm clients having matters being handled in the NY office, including tax free swap of major NY commercial property, private placement of securities to fund major new hospital facility and attention to acquisition, development and construction financing for the project and placement of an issue of portfolio interest notes on behalf of firm clients.

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  Moore, Berson, Lifflander & Mewhinneny

  • 595 Madison Ave., NYC

  • General Partner-Head of Real Estate Dept.

    • 1983 - 1990
    • 595 Madison Ave., NYC

    Supervised other attorneys in real estate department and participated in firm management. Implemented major transactions for real estate development clients in connection with significant NYC new hotel and office construction projects and related financing work, as well as major high rise and low rise condominium projects in NYC and elsewhere in NY and PA. Participated in major litigation matters relating to both NY and PA developments. Developed significant format for private developer incentive compensation employee packages.

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  Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher

  • 299 Park Ave., New York, NY

  • Associate Attorney

    • 1969 - 1983
    • 299 Park Ave., New York, NY

    Primarily corporate mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts involving both listed and private companies, transactional real estate sales and lending, real estate syndication work and significant real estate workout transactions in the 78/82 downturn.

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  Sullivan & Cromwell

  • 48 Wall Street, New York, NY

  • Associate Attorney

    • 1964 - 1968
    • 48 Wall Street, New York, NY

    Bank Mergers, bulk sale of FHA home loans, securities and estate matters