Real Estate & Finance

The Real Estate and Finance practice areas of SFNR provide a broad range of expertise to the firm’s sophisticated clientele. We represent clients in a variety of complex transactions involving development, construction, investment, financing and leasing of commercial real estate throughout the United States.

Our attorneys provide advice and counsel at every stage of the transaction from inception through closing.  We help clients structure, negotiate and document multi-party transactions with buyers and sellers, strategic partners and institutional lenders.  From ground up construction, through day-to-day operations and leasing, our attorneys are trusted counsel and business advisors.

Tax planning is an important part of what we do and our attorneys have significant experience in like-kind exchanges, reverse exchanges and the creation of tenant-in-common ownership structures for clients seeking to leverage their investment in a tax efficient manner.

As part of our Real Estate and Finance practices, the firm’s attorneys regularly represent banks and private lenders making secured loans to large and mid-market companies and their owners.  Working along side attorneys in the firm’s other practice groups, we offer constructive options for our lender clients to avoid unnecessary cost and expense in disposing of troubled assets.  We also routinely represent clients in commercial foreclosures, workouts, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and many other structured settlements.

Real Estate and Finance Services Provided

  • Acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate
  • Leasing on behalf of commercial landlords and tenants
  • Financing and loan document preparation and review
  • Tax deferred exchanges (1031 exchanges)
  • Development and construction
  • Condominium and homeowner associations formation and operation
  • Title, survey, zoning and planning
  • Residential, hotel, and office condominium development
  • Real estate and loan syndications

For more information about our Real Estate & Finance practice, please contact either of the following attorneys:

Jay E. Presser - Jay.Presser@SFNR.com

Gerald M. Newman - Gerald.Newman@SFNR.com