Provide comprehensive legal advice for all family businesses and personal family life; Draft, review and negotiate contracts including; entity formation and operating agreements, anti-trade policy agreements, aircraft and flight crew agreements, confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, vendor agreements and condominium and co-op settlement agreements; Provide comprehensive legal advice on labor and employment law matters for the family office and related entities including employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbook and development of employment and employee policies; Oversight and coordination of outside legal advisors including tax, estate planning, financial, accounting and insurance; review and oversight of family corporate governance, entity formation and structure focusing on tax reduction or avoidance, risk reduction and isolation of family liability; Oversight of all family real estate assets, appointment to Condominium Board to represent ownership interests of the family

Oversight of all real estate matters; managing commercial and residential real estate portfolio; assisting outside counsel argue tax appeals with the goal of lowering assessed values; assisting outside counsel maintain 421-a tax abatement benefits; preparing and negotiating leases, land acquisition and development agreements and construction management agreements; negotiating and overseeing construction contracts and any other documents pertaining to Company operations; handling credit and banking agreements; coordinate with outside counsel in the amendment of existing and new condominium offering plans for Company projects; collaborating with commercial real estate industry and construction professionalsDraft, review and negotiate contracts including; service contracts, transactional agreements, employment agreements, subcontracts, confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercial leases, RFP’s, land loan agreements, construction agreements, mezzanine finance agreements, and EB-5 finance agreementsAdvise on all labor and employment law matters including Company employment agreements, separation agreements, Worker’s Compensation requirements, employee handbook and development of employment and employee policies; performed investigation of employment issues and prepared findings of fact and conclusion of law for senior management reviewManage litigation and arbitration matters brought onto the Company, occasionally assisting trial attorneys and assisting senior management on making settlements in all mattersGuide executive staff and employees through the legal dimensions of routine and complex business decision-making, and promptly solve everyday business issues with practical legal adviceMaintaining relationships with national law firms and managing outside counselInterpret laws, rules and regulations related to financial transactions and advise management on policy and procedural modifications

Represented clients in all aspects of the real estate industry, including residential, commercial, building, development, financing, re-financing and investmentDrafted and negotiated complex real estate contracts, including commercial and residential acquisitions and leases, brokerage agreements, property management contracts and vendor contractsDrafted legal checklists and reviewed loan closing documents and requirements necessary for potential borrowers to obtain and secure residential, commercial and mezzanine loansStructured, drafted and negotiated merger and acquisition transactions, distribution contracts, real estate contracts and joint venture agreements implementing key corporate finance strategies and monitored and assisted “outside counsel” on all litigation mattersAdvised executives and managers regarding day-to-day legal issues for the parent company and all its subsidiaries in industries including but not limited to, real estate, television production, venture capital, energy, not-for-profit and professional sport organization corporate sponsorship (NY Giants, NY Jets, NY Yankees and Oakland Raiders)Drafted and implemented all corporate polices and employee rules and regulationAdvised and strategized with creative executives, as well as with the production, sales, promotion and scheduling departments, regarding the development, production and exploitation of television and digital media contentNegotiated development and production agreements with talent and networks such as A&E, Discovery, National Geographic, Lifetime and 3Net

Negotiated and drafted complex commercial office and retail leases, subleases, licensing agreements and assignments representing landlord clients including SL Green Realty Corp., Eemerge.NYC LLC, Sitt Asset Management LLC, the Roosevelt Hotel and Vornado Realty TrustLitigation of civil suits representing automobile franchise dealerships including Potamkin and Prestige as well as landlord and tenant proceedings representing both landlords and tenants

Litigated complex commercial real estate, foreclosure and land use proceedingsRepresented Freddie Mae and Fannie Mae mortgage, Countrywide mortgage, Citimortgage and Credit Suisse in all phases of litigationLitigated bankruptcy proceedings in foreclosure actions

Corporate Counsel for residential and commercial portfolioNegotiated and drafted agreements for purchase and sale of real estate, mortgage financing and establishment of joint ventures; reviewed due diligence documentationDrafted and negotiated complex retail commercial leases for tenants including, Macy’s, The Gap, Starbucks, Toys R Us and The Children’s PlaceLitigated from inception to completion corporate, bankruptcy, landlord tenant and municipal proceedings for portfolio properties; assisted outside counsel in trial preparationReported directly to CEO and Managing Partners results of reviews of due diligence documentation and financials for individual portfolio properties and REIT acquisitions