Mr. Cole is a partner at Ginsberg Jacobs, LLC and concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, joint ventures, and corporate matters. Mr. Cole’s clients range from entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals to private and public companies. He is adept at structuring, developing and executing legal solutions to achieve the client’s business and tax planning goals. Mr. Cole’s real estate experience encompasses all areas of commercial real estate and development, including property acquisitions/dispositions; restructuring of development and operating obligations with equity providers, lenders, and hotel franchisors; complex tax planning for REITs, including tax deferral through issuance of REIT operating partnership units and 1031 like-kind exchanges; and negotiation of construction-related agreements. Mr. Cole’s corporate experience includes structuring early stage investments in emerging growth companies on behalf of venture capital funds; formation of private investment funds and fund-of-funds; structuring private placement offerings, convertible debt, and equity investments; asset and stock purchase agreements, and representing clients in connection with tax credit financing transactions (including New Markets Tax Credits, Historic Credits, and Low-Income Housing Credits). Mr. Cole combines his private practice knowledge base with pragmatism and business know-how developed while working at Equity Residential and The Harp Group. While at Equity, Mr. Cole assisted in the structuring of all development joint ventures for the company’s portfolio, which, at the time, consisted of approximately $1.6B of pending development projects. Mr. Cole graduated in 1991 with a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois. In 1994, Mr. Cole received his J.D. from the University of Illinois, where he was also a member of the Law Review. Mr. Cole also has passed the C.P.A. examination and is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois.
Listed skills include Private Equity, Venture Capital, Contract Negotiation, Investment Properties, and 9 others.