Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Adam B. Taubman

Adam B. Taubman represents private developers, banks, and not-for-profit educational, cultural and health care institutions in the planning, development, and financing and acquisition of major properties in New York City. Adam advises clients on the development potential of sites, negotiates complex transactions for the transfer of development rights, conducts land use due diligence for property acquisition and financing, and applies for and obtains discretionary land use approvals, including rezonings, special permits and variances.

Adam B. Nowicki

Adam Nowicki works on Bankruptcy and Restructuring matters.

Alan R. Friedman

Alan R. Friedman has, for more than 40 years, handled a wide range of high-stakes securities and shareholder class actions, corporate control, cybersecurity, bankruptcy, intellectual property and other complex commercial matters. He has broad experience in the defense of significant criminal cases, including securities fraud, tax and corruption cases, and in defending public companies and their officers and directors in enforcement proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Reserve Board and the New York State Attorney General’s Office, as well as other administrative agencies and self-regulatory bodies.

Amy Caton

Amy Caton, named an American Lawyer Dealmaker of the Year for 2016 and 2017 for her work in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico debt restructuring, has represented clients in many of the nation’s largest, most complex and highest-profile bankruptcies for the past 20 years.  Amy’s recent high-profile restructurings include representing major lenders and investors in the restructuring of California's largest electrical utility company, PG&E, holders of over $3 billion of revenue bonds in Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's (PREPA) restructuring proceedings; OppenheimerFunds/Invesco in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s restructurings; the majority holders of secured and unsecured debt in First Energy’s restructuring (now successfully completed); subordinated bondholders in California Agriculture’s restructurings; and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Frontier Communications.

Andrew Charles

Andrew Charles has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate law, including partnerships and joint ventures, financing for borrowers and lenders, acquisitions and sales, and development and leasing. His client base includes private equity funds, financial institutions, developers, and operators in the acquisition, financing, development, sale and leasing of all classes of commercial properties including office, hotel, multifamily, retail, public storage, mixed use and condominium properties. Andrew focuses mainly on structuring transactions for institutional investors and opportunity funds such as joint ventures, preferred equity investments, mezzanine financing and mixed debt/equity investments.

Arthur H. Aufses III

Arthur H. Aufses III is a commercial litigator who often defends securities and class action lawsuits, conducts internal corporate investigations into accounting and related issues, and counsels corporate officers, directors and financial advisers on securities and other potential liabilities. He regularly advises insurers and reinsurers in coverage disputes and has litigated issues relating to the treatment of insurance policies in bankruptcy proceedings.

Barry Herzog

Barry Herzog advises clients on a comprehensive range of issues in connection with federal income taxation, in particular on the tax implications of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; partnerships and joint ventures; bankruptcy and corporate restructuring; financings, including debt and equity offerings and derivatives; real estate transactions; and executive compensation.

Charlotte Courtade

Charlotte Courtade assists in the representation of clients in real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, development, joint ventures, partnerships, and debt and equity financing for commercial, residential and mixed-use projects. She also assists property owners and developers with the purchase and sale of air rights and development rights, and with easement agreements, access agreements and other development agreements. Charlotte also regularly works with both landlords and tenants to negotiate, draft and amend commercial leases.

Claudia Pak

Claudia Pak is a skilled civil litigator and counselor with a diverse practice representing clients, including Fortune 500 companies, in complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. She has vast experience representing clients in advertising, antitrust, business torts and securities litigation and has extensive appellate experience.

Cynthia Lovinger Siderman

Cynthia Lovinger Siderman advises and represents clients in connection with land use matters, particularly in the area of eminent domain. A practitioner in the area of eminent domain for more than a decade, including representing condemnors, Cynthia is an effective advocate representing the interests of landowners and tenants in eminent domain proceedings, both in valuation trials to obtain just compensation and in appellate courts to protect and further the awards of compensation.

Dani R. James

Dani R. James represents executives, directors and officers, and other individuals, as well as companies, in sensitive, complicated and often high-profile criminal and regulatory trials, hearings, investigations and other proceedings conducted by federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, among other agencies. A former federal prosecutor, Dani defends clients in a broad range of white collar criminal and regulatory matters, including allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, public corruption, bid-rigging, tax fraud and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Daniel King

Daniel King counsels hedge funds, private equity funds and mutual funds, as well as asset managers, commodity traders, investment bankers and other market participants on derivatives, structured products, swap financings and structured finance transactions. Dan handles transactional and regulatory matters, including assessing and mitigating credit and insolvency risks associated with financial products. He also advises on reporting and disclosure obligations, as well as on implementing regulatory reforms.

Daniel Stewart

Daniel Stewart represents purchasers, sellers, lenders and investors in a broad range of real estate transactions in New York City and various major markets around the United States, including acquisitions and dispositions, development projects, debt and equity financings, leasing, and workouts for commercial, residential and mixed-use properties.

Daniel B. Goldman

Daniel B. Goldman is an accomplished courtroom advocate who tries high-stakes cases in jurisdictions throughout the country. Dan has prosecuted and defended numerous cases, both jury and nonjury, and arbitrations in New York, California, Texas, Delaware, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.

Daniel Ross Berman

Dan Berman counsels developers, investors, lenders and operators in a range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development deals, preferred equity investments, loans, leases, recapitalizations and restructurings. His work spans hospitality, industrial, health care, gaming, entertainment, retail, office, multifamily and mixed-use properties nationwide, and involves various ownership structures from ground leases to condominiums.

Darren LaVerne

Darren LaVerne counsels and advocates for individuals and companies in sensitive, complicated, and high-stakes matters involving criminal and regulatory trials, hearings, investigations, and related civil proceedings.  He has defended clients charged with insider trading and other violations of the securities laws, bribery, wire fraud, money laundering, and related crimes, as well as counseled clients under investigation and seeking to fend off charges.  Darren has extensive experience representing clients before the SEC and has successfully handled complex investigations into alleged regulatory violations, responding to subpoenas, conducting internal investigations, presenting to the SEC, and zealously advocating for his clients.  He regularly represents clients under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the SEC, the New York County District Attorney’s Office, and the New York State Attorney General’s Office, among other regulatory and law-enforcement authorities.  Darren has represented clients appearing as witnesses before grand juries and at trial, ensuring that they are well prepared and their rights are protected.

David Beiss

During law school, David worked as an associate and underwriter for a real estate debt fund that provides financing to real estate developers and investors, and spent his summers as a summer associate at a New York City-based commercial real estate law firm.

David J. Fisher

David J. Fisher has a broad practice in all aspects of secured and unsecured commercial finance, including leveraged finance, private placements and capital markets transactions, as well as restructurings and reorganizations.

Deirdre M. Heffernan

Deirdre Heffernan brings more than a decade of experience representing New York City developers and investors in condominium and cooperative projects to her work advising and representing stakeholders in connection with many of the city’s luxury and mixed-use condominium development projects.

Dennis K. Heyman

Dennis K. Heyman assists developers, investors, operators, purchasers, sellers, borrowers and lenders in the acquisition and disposition, leasing, financing, management, and development of single- and mixed-use commercial and residential properties, including multifamily apartments and condominiums, hotels, office buildings, and shopping centers. Dennis’s work involves drafting, reviewing and negotiating various documents required for these complex transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, and financing documents; assisting in the negotiation of these documents; and coordinating with deal team members from supporting practice areas including Tax and Land Use, among others, to ensure clients experience a fully integrated representation. He also leads due diligence efforts in connection with transactions by reviewing title reports, surveys, leases, restrictive declarations, easements and other diligence-related materials.

Eileen M. Patt

Eileen M. Patt maintains a diverse complex civil litigation practice with a focus on advertising and employment matters. Eileen represents global brands in false advertising disputes under the federal Lanham Act and in challenges before the National Advertising Division (NAD) and the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), as well as in consumer class action litigation throughout the country. Eileen regularly advises clients on a variety of advertising-related issues, including prospective claims, advertising clearance and claim support. She also is a managing editor of Kramer Levin’s Advertising Litigation Report, which provides weekly updates on developments in the space

Eitan Tabak

Eitan Tabak counsels and represents private equity sponsors, funds and their portfolio companies in corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt financings. Eitan’s work includes representing middle-market private equity funds in connection with their acquisitions and sales of various portfolio companies throughout the United States and across a wide range of industries, including retail wireless communications, technology, food and beverage services, fitness centers, transportation services and apparel.

Elisabeth B. Avallone

Elisabeth B. Avallone represents clients in a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, leases, financings, equity investments, and development deals for office, retail, multifamily, hospitality and mixed-use properties. Elisabeth also represents property owners and developers in connection with the purchase and sale of air rights and development rights, including inclusionary rights.

Elise Wagner

Elise Wagner is a partner in the Land Use department at Kramer Levin, where she concentrates her practice in land use, zoning, environmental and historic preservation law. She has substantial experience counseling for-profit and nonprofit property owners on the planning and development of new buildings and the reuse of existing buildings. She has coordinated the public approval processes for major public-private development projects involving cooperation between private developers and New York City and State agencies. She has negotiated numerous multiparty transactions for the transfer of development rights and has performed due diligence on the purchase and financing of major properties.

Eliza A. Kaiser

Eliza A. Kaiser’s practice focuses exclusively on employment law litigation and advisory matters. Eliza represents employers in federal and state courts, administrative and agency proceedings, and arbitrations and mediations. She has experience litigating a wide range of employment claims, including allegations based on discrimination, wage and hour violations, breach of contract, and tort. Eliza also has experience counseling clients concerning all aspects of the employment relationship, such as equal employment opportunity, employment policies, hiring, termination, disciplinary action, leave and medical issues, and employment contracts.

Emma Cervantes

Emma Cervantes works on bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Ernest S. Wechsler

Ernest S. Wechsler, co-chair of the Corporate department, counsels strategic businesses and private equity funds in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, minority investments, and corporate restructurings, as well as in general corporate matters. Ernie advises companies in a range of industries, including financial, technology and manufacturing.

Eugene C. Travers

Eugene C. Travers represents developers, lenders, corporations, real estate investment trusts, not-for-profit institutions and other entities in land use, zoning and historic preservation law matters. Eugene negotiates complex zoning lot mergers and transfers of development rights, conducts zoning due diligence and analyzes development potential for property acquisition and financing, and seeks discretionary land use approvals, including rezonings, zoning text amendments, special permits, variances and authorizations.

Fabien Carruzo

Fabien Carruzzo, head of the firm’s Derivatives and Structured Products group, counsels asset managers, investment banks, commodity traders and other market participants in the full spectrum of transactional and regulatory derivatives matters. Fabien’s work covers a wide range of equity, credit, currency, commodity, and fixed-income derivatives and bespoke structures, as well as structured financing swaps, repos and other asset-based financing arrangements. Fabien has been recognized by Chambers Global and Chambers USA as one of the leading practitioners in derivatives and structured products.

Gary P. Naftalis

Gary P. Naftalis is one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers and pre-eminent litigators. Gary represents corporations, as well as officers, directors and significant individuals, in all phases of complex high-stakes civil, criminal and regulatory matters. His work on behalf of these clients spans more than four decades and includes many sensitive and high-profile matters, including governmental and regulatory inquiries and related civil litigation involving allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, accounting irregularities, stock options backdating and other financial fraud. Throughout his career he has been one of the first calls for corporate leaders encountering legal problems.

Gary R. Tarnoff

Gary R. Tarnoff, co-chair of the Land Use department,  focuses his practice on zoning, land use, landmarks and New York City administrative law. Gary has more than 20 years of experience as a land use lawyer representing developers, corporations, REITs, banks, medical institutions, universities, nursing homes, schools, museums, religious organizations and individuals in New York City land use matters. Gary has served as land use counsel on a wide variety of development projects, ranging from large-scale development projects and campus expansion and redevelopment to alterations and enlargements to individual town houses in historic districts.

George M. Silfen

George M. Silfen concentrates his practice in the representation of investment companies and their boards of directors, investment advisers and broker-dealers in connection with the organization and operation of investment products and services, including mutual funds, closed-end investment companies, business development companies, registered hedge funds, wrap accounts, and 401(k) and IRA products. George advises clients on regulatory and compliance matters associated with investment companies, and on investment advisory, brokerage, securities custody and transfer agent services.

Gilbert K.S. Liu

Gilbert K.S. Liu advises and represents issuers, underwriters, borrowers, lenders and service providers in connection with private and public structured finance and securitization transactions involving a wide variety of asset classes. These asset classes include solar assets, energy savings performance contract receivables, time-share loans, equipment leases, auto loans, collateralized debt obligations, commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage loans, trademark and licensing rights, and music royalties.

Harold P. Weinberger

Harold P. Weinberger is a nationally recognized trial lawyer. Harold represents both plaintiffs and defendants in false advertising disputes under the federal Lanham Act, defends clients against class action litigation brought pursuant to consumer fraud statutes, and represents clients in other complex intellectual property and commercial litigations and arbitrations. He also represents advertisers and challengers in proceedings before the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus and in appeals before the National Advertising Review Board (NARB).

Howard T. Spilko

Howard T. Spilko is co-managing partner of Kramer Levin. He counsels and represents clients in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, with an emphasis on middle-market transactions. Howard works with a broad range of clients, from private equity firms, hedge funds and entrepreneurial ventures to large, well-known multinational companies.

Hunter Blain

Hunter Blain works on bankruptcy matters.

Inge Hindriks

Inge Hindriks advises and represents developers, property owners, lenders and investors in real estate development and construction in a comprehensive range of matters related to office buildings, industrial facilities, hotels, and retail and mixed-use projects. A LEED-accredited professional, Inge has extensive experience in the assemblage of zoning lots for development purposes and has drafted and negotiated complex restrictive declarations, easements, construction agreements, and other agreements and instruments related to property development on behalf of developers, both private and not-for-profit. Inge also represents clients in connection with the purchase and sale of air rights, including landmark and theater district air rights transfers and inclusionary air rights.

Jacqueline Ryu

Jacqueline Ryu assists purchasers, sellers, developers, investors, operators, borrowers and lenders in real estate acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, development, management, and debt and equity financing for commercial, residential and mixed-use properties. Jacqueline also works with both landlords and tenants to negotiate, draft and amend commercial, retail and industrial leases.

James J. Moriarty

James J. Moriarty, co-chair of the Corporate department, represents a number of middle-market private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as strategic buyers, in a wide variety of transactions, including acquisition and sale transactions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity financings, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and management equity arrangements, across a wide variety of industries. In particular, Jim has been active in education technology and financial services deals in the past few years.

James P. Power

James P. Power advises and represents private developers and cultural, educational and health care institutions on real estate development and land use issues in New York City, including zoning and municipal law, and the land use and environmental review processes and practices before various city agencies. Jim assists clients with the analysis and assemblage of development sites, including drafting and negotiating zoning lot and development rights agreements. He also advises on inclusionary housing and Affordable New York/421-a benefits issues.

James P. Godman

James P. Godman represents sellers and purchasers, developers, investors, lenders and borrowers, and landlords and tenants in a full range of real estate transactions, including sales and acquisitions, development, financings and restructurings, and joint venture and leasing transactions.

Jamie Kocis

Jamie Kocis advises securitization participants in both warehouse securitization facilities and term securitizations across all esoteric asset classes. She serves as deal counsel in market-leading transactions involving new and emerging asset classes, including in the solar asset and commercial PACE (property assessed clean energy) space.

Jay A. Neveloff

Jay A. Neveloff advises a broad range of clients involved with the development, ownership and financing of real estate projects, including high-profile mixed-use, commercial, retail, and residential projects in New York City and throughout the country. A nationally recognized transactional lawyer, Jay represents institutional and private equity funds, as well as other investors, in joint ventures, in the acquisition and sale of property, including portfolios of properties, and in connection with a broad variety of developments. He also represents major international funds and financial institutions in commercial lending transactions, loan restructurings and workouts.

Jeff Mulligan

Jeff Mulligan advises real estate developers, property owners, nonprofit organizations, and educational and cultural institutions on land use, planning and zoning regulations. Jeff advises on the development potential of properties, conducts land use due diligence and represents clients in all types of discretionary land use approvals, including variances, rezonings, text amendments, special permits and certifications.

Jeffrey L. Braun

Jeffrey L. Braun litigates complex and often high-profile commercial, real estate, land use and environmental matters for leading developers, corporations and nonprofit institutions. Jeff also litigates general commercial and business disputes, including breach of contract and business tort claims, insurance coverage claims, professional malpractice issues, construction disputes, and disputes arising from the privatization of government-subsidized housing.

Jill B. Garfinkel

Jill B. Garfinkel regularly represents high-profile, high-net-worth individuals and entities in the acquisition, sale, and lease of exclusive multimillion-dollar residential co-op and condominium units, townhouses, and homes, often involving complex issues unique to the super-luxury market. With more than 25 years of experience in residential real estate, Jill provides clients with comprehensive services from structuring to closing, taking into account the unique privacy and other concerns of her clients. Jill’s services include pre-contract due diligence review of properties, financing, contract preparation and negotiation, and title and lien search review. She also guides clients through all aspects of the residential closing transaction process.

Jonathan Canter

Jonathan H. Canter represents leading developers, lenders and investors in a range of real estate matters, with a particular focus on condominium, cooperative and shared-ownership projects. Jonathan advises on the planning, development, structuring and implementation of sophisticated ownership, operation and management regimes. He also advises on the legal, regulatory and business aspects of the registration, marketing and sale of luxury and mixed-use condominiums in public and nonpublic offerings. He brings his prior experience as a litigator to his real estate work, shaping transactions to help his clients avoid lawsuits and providing strategic counseling when disputes do occur.

Jonathan M. Wagner

Jonathan M. Wagner is an accomplished and versatile trial lawyer who handles a diverse range of cases; in particular, securities, corporate control, unfair competition and bankruptcy-related litigation. A formidable advocate for clients in and outside the courtroom, Jonathan has tried more than 35 cases in a variety of venues across the country — in federal and state court, in bankruptcy court and in arbitration.

Jordan Rosenbaum

Jordan M. Rosenbaum regularly counsels public companies on initial public offerings (IPOs), capital markets offerings, mergers, acquisitions, going-private transactions, spinoffs and general corporate and securities law matters.  He also advises companies and boards of directors on corporate governance and regulatory matters.  Jordan has advised companies with complex IPOs, including those using the UP-C and other partnership structures, Rule 144A offerings, and follow-on and at-the-market equity offerings.

Josh S. Winefsky

Josh Winefsky advises clients in sophisticated real estate transactions both in New York City and nationwide. Equally adept working on traditional commercial real estate transactions and on condominium developments and offering plans, Josh brings a unique, multidisciplinary perspective to his work. He provides counsel that is both innovative and business focused, and his calm, even-keeled temperament and efficient style facilitate issue solving throughout even the most complex deals.

Julia L. Wachter

Julia L. Wachter represents major developers and other property owners, borrowers and real estate investors in the acquisition, ownership, development, sale and financing of complex commercial, mixed-use and luxury residential projects, with a particular emphasis on condominiums and cooperatives. Julia advises clients on the planning, structuring and implementation of sophisticated co-ownership regimes, as well as on applicable legal and regulatory requirements, in order to facilitate public offerings and commercial sales, leases, acquisitions, financings and tax exemptions. She has worked on a number of complex projects, both within and outside New York.

Juliana Oliveira Maggio

Juliana Oliveira Maggio is a litigator who maintains a diverse practice with a focus on commercial, securities and bankruptcy-related matters. Juliana represents clients in civil litigation in state and federal courts, in commercial arbitrations, in internal investigations, and in connection with investigations and enforcement proceedings before government and regulatory agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

Justin R. Quinn

Justin R. Quinn represents commercial real estate lenders, investors and other providers of capital at all levels of the capital stack, from origination through maturity, including restructurings and workouts. Justin has represented both originators and purchasers in various types of secondary market transactions, including the negotiation of participation agreements, co-lending agreements and intercreditor agreements, as well as the origination and restructuring of repurchase and warehouse lending facilities, programmatic investment vehicles and “co-GP” operating agreements. He also has broad experience representing owners and developers in commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, financing and disposition of office, retail, multifamily and hospitality properties.

Kenneth Chin

Kenneth Chin counsels and represents lenders and borrowers in connection with corporate and financing transactions. For more than 30 years, Ken has provided legal and transactional advice to a diverse group of clients, including many of the world’s leading commercial banks, investment banks, debt fund affiliates of major hedge funds and private equity firms, other alternative lenders, and borrowers, in large complex transactions such as leveraged financings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions, refinancings, debtor-in-possession financings, workouts and foreclosures.

Kenneth H. Eckstein

Kenneth H. Eckstein, co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring department, has played a prominent role in many of the largest and most complex Chapter 11 reorganizations over the past 30 years. Ken represents creditors’ committees, bondholders and other stakeholders in both in- and out-of-court restructurings, as well as trustees, examiners and third parties seeking to acquire the assets or businesses of financially troubled companies. He also counsels and represents debtors in the complex legal, financial and operational issues arising in reorganizations, including obtaining debtor-in-possession financing; negotiating forbearance agreements; negotiating plans of reorganization with secured lenders, creditors’ committees and other stakeholders; and conducting sales of businesses.

Kerri Ann Law

Kerri Ann Law is an experienced trial lawyer and counselor with a diverse practice representing clients, including Fortune 500 companies, in complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitration forums. She also represents companies and individuals in connection with sensitive and high-profile criminal and regulatory matters, and related civil matters. On behalf of her clients, Kerri Ann regularly interacts with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and other governmental agencies.

Kevin B. Leblang

Kevin B. Leblang, chair of the Employment Law department, advises and represents management in employment litigation and advisory matters. Kevin counsels employers on the full spectrum of employment law matters, ranging from the adoption and application of employee relations policies to the evaluation and minimization of litigation risks of employment decisions. He also conducts training sessions designed to avoid litigation and has successfully mediated dozens of disputes before JAMS, the American Arbitration Association and private mediators.

Laurence Pettit

Laurence Pettit regularly advises issuers and financial advisers on structured finance transactions involving a wide range of asset classes. As issuer’s counsel, Laurence helped develop the first securitizations of residential property assessed clean energy (PACE) assessments in 2014 and has facilitated more than 30 PACE securitizations since that time. He is actively involved in the expanding market for both residential and commercial PACE financings, advising on both the establishment of new PACE programs and on specific transactions to fund the origination of PACE assets. Since January 2011, he has also advised on term and warehouse securitizations involving home improvement loans, consumer litigation funding, retail installment sales contracts, contractor loans, insurance commissions, trade receivables, collateralized fund obligations, commercial/industrial solar power purchase contracts, rooftop solar loans and tobacco settlement legal fee awards. Laurence also counsels investment funds on their secondary market activity in asset-backed security (ABS) and mortgage-backed security products, including distressed investing and workouts.

M. Mendel Trapedo

Mendel Trapedo represents purchasers, sellers, investors, developers, lenders and borrowers, as well as landlords and tenants, in a full range of real estate transactions such as sales and acquisitions, financings, and joint venture and leasing transactions across a broad class of asset types, including commercial, industrial, retail, residential, gaming, hospitality and entertainment properties.

Marjorie E. Sheldon

Advertising Litigation

Mark Chass

Mark Chass’s practice focuses primarily on general bankruptcy and restructuring matters. He has represented creditors' committees, bondholders, distressed investors, indenture trustees, bank groups, lenders and other parties in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings and other distressed situations. Mark often advises hedge funds and other financial institutions on the rights and remedies of various debt holders and in understanding complex corporate and capital structures.

Mark D. Koestler

Mark D. Koestler, co-chair of the Immigration group, counsels and represents advertising agencies, banks and financial services institutions, hedge funds, fashion and luxury goods companies, theatrical production companies, and other entities in the hiring, transfer and retention of foreign national executives, developing optimal solutions for clients' executive, management, professional and workforce needs. Mark works with clients to develop their global workforce planning and mobility strategies, advising them on navigating complex immigration laws and policies, and provides immigration counsel in the context of mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs, to structure these transactions to ensure compliance with U.S. immigration law.

Matthew L. Klegon

Matthew L. Klegon works with commercial banks, investment banks, debt fund affiliates of private equity firms, and other alternative lenders and borrowers in corporate and financing transactions such as leveraged financings, leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, refinancings, secured and unsecured lending transactions and workouts. Matthew also has experience working with issuers and underwriters in asset-backed securitizations.

Matthew S. Dunn

Matthew S. Dunn, one of the country’s leading immigration lawyers, advises and represents a diverse group of clients, including banks, global financial services companies, technology and business consultancies, advertising agencies, health care institutions, sports and entertainment organizations, and corporations of all sizes, in the hiring, transfer and retention of foreign national executives, managers, professionals, athletes and performing artists in the United States. Matt works with these companies and organizations to develop the optimal workforce planning and mobility strategies to meet their specific national or global needs, advising them on navigating the complex and often restrictive framework of immigration laws and policies in the United States.

Meenakshi Srinivasan

Meenakshi Srinivasan brings three decades of experience with New York City land use issues to her work advising private- and public-sector clients on New York City zoning, land use and planning matters.

Meigan P. Serle

Meigan P. Serle counsels and represents leading developers and investors in luxury and mixed-used commercial, retail and residential projects, specializing in condominium, cooperative and shared ownership developments. Meigan helps clients plan, develop, structure and implement sophisticated and often bespoke ownership, operation and management regimes designed to meet the specific and unique needs of these large-scale development projects. She also advises on the legal, regulatory and business aspects of the creation, registration, marketing and sale of both condominium and cooperative public and nonpublic offerings.

Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez represents corporations and individuals in a broad range of matters involving allegations of health care fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, cybercrime, public corruption and tax offenses, among other matters. He also conducts internal investigations and defends individuals in connection with internal investigations.

Michael McKay

Michael McKay advises clients on a wide range of complex debt financings and related private equity and corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, project financings, and other strategic and investment transactions. Michael provides legal and transactional advice to a wide range of clients, including banks, institutional and alternative lenders, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and project developers and their project companies. His work on behalf of these clients includes secured and unsecured domestic and international leveraged financings, acquisition financings, project financings, master limited-partnership financings, syndicated and single-bank credit financings, subordinated loans, unitranche loans, bond financings, asset-based lending, and interest rate derivatives.

Michael J. Dell

Michael J. Dell is a leading trial and appellate lawyer who has been successfully resolving business disputes and regulatory matters for his clients for more than 30 years. Michael represents corporations, accounting and financial services firms, and individuals in civil litigation in state and federal courts, in internal investigations, and in connection with investigations and enforcement proceedings before government and regulatory agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). His work on behalf of his clients involves a broad range of matters, including securities, accountants’ and auditors’ liability, corporate governance, commercial, constitutional, real estate, insurance, patents and intellectual property, the False Claims Act, ERISA, fiduciary and employment, antitrust, and trusts and estates matters. Michael has a broad international practice and has represented clients from and in every continent and region.

Michael P. Korotkin

Michael Paul Korotkin has been instrumental in the genesis and development of Kramer Levin’s Real Estate practice, serving as both chair and co-chair of the department, as well as a partner for more than 40 years. As senior counsel to the firm, Michael remains actively engaged in the department’s efforts, counseling colleagues and clients on myriad complex transactions relating to all facets of the real estate industry. He represents many of the most well-recognized real estate developers and owners in New York, as well as major lending and financial institutions, and his work includes highly complex acquisitions, sales, development projects, ventures, leases, financings, loans and other restructurings, and workouts.

Nancy M. Bello

Nancy M. Bello works on bankruptcy and restructuring matters. Nancy assists in the representation of significant parties, including bondholders, indenture trustees, and secured and unsecured creditors in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings and other distressed situations, including some of the most high-profile matters in recent years. Her work also involves municipal bankruptcies, including the commonwealth of Puerto Rico debt restructurings.

Nathalia Bernardo

Nathalia Bernardo represents clients in a broad range of real estate transactions, including joint ventures, ground leases, acquisitions and dispositions, and complex development and management agreements for properties in multiple asset classes. Nathalia advises private equity firms, institutional real estate investment advisers, family offices, high net worth individuals, and closely held real estate owners, developers and investors in domestic and international transactions involving residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use assets.  

Nicholas L. Coch

Nicholas L. Coch counsels and represents clients in patent, trademark, unfair competition, trade secret and copyright litigation and transactions, with a particular focus on antitrust. An accomplished advocate, in his more than 40 years of practice, Nick has handled numerous complex trials and argued myriad appellate issues, and has advised on and handled significant global and U.S. transactions involving intellectual property.

Nicole S. DeBare

Nicole S. De Bare represents some of New York City’s most prominent developers, investors, lenders and not-for-profit institutions, including educational institutions, in real estate transactions, with a particular focus on condominiums and cooperatives.

Norman C. Simon

Norman C. Simon is a seasoned trial lawyer who maintains a diverse litigation practice with a focus on advertising law. As chair of the Advertising Litigation practice, Norm represents global brands in false advertising disputes under the federal Lanham Act and in class action litigation brought pursuant to consumer fraud statutes, as well as in challenges before the National Advertising Division (NAD) and National Advertising Review Board (NARB). He has many years of courtroom experience, litigating both bench and jury trials. Norm draws on that experience to help clients avoid costly litigation, counseling them on a variety of advertising-related issues, including prospective claims, advertising clearance and claim support. He also is a managing editor of Kramer Levin’s Advertising Litigation Report, which provides weekly updates on developments in the space.

Pamela M. Capps

Pamela M. Capps advises clients with respect to all aspects of tax law, including the international, federal, state and local tax aspects of structuring joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. In addition to her transactional practice, Pam represents clients in all types of federal, state and local tax controversies.

Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan represents both private developers and not-for-profit institutions in zoning and municipal law matters, including seeking discretionary land use approvals, negotiating transfers of development rights, and conducting zoning due diligence for property acquisition and financing. His clients include museums, universities, charter schools, an interstate energy company, a live theater developer and operator, a bistate governmental agency, and both local and national real estate developers.

Patrick J. Campbell

Advertising Litigation

Paul D. Selver

Paul D. Selver, co-chair of the Land Use department, counsels and represents both private- and public-sector clients in all aspects of land use and development law, with a special emphasis on environmental, zoning and historic preservation. Paul represents clients in matters involving the public and environmental review of complex and large-scale projects, zoning interpretation critical to project approval, and transfers of development rights. He also oversees land use and environmental due diligence in connection with real estate purchases and financings, and has served as special counsel in litigation defending challenges to land use-related permits and approvals.

Paul H. Schoeman

Paul H. Schoeman is co-managing partner of Kramer Levin, and co-chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice. He defends clients in complex and often high-profile criminal, civil and regulatory matters involving every aspect of white collar crime, including securities fraud, money laundering, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, health care fraud, insider trading, accounting fraud and tax evasion. A skilled advocate in and out of the courtroom, Paul represents corporations and individuals in investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Congress, the New York State Attorney General’s Office and other authorities. His work on behalf of his clients also includes conducting internal corporate investigations.

Robert E. Flahive

Robert E. Flahive advises clients on land use regulations and development policies in New York City. Robert previously served in a number of senior-level positions in New York City government, including vice chairman of the Board of Standards and Appeals and director of the Manhattan office of the Department of City Planning, and he draws on his experience and technical expertise to provide clients with insights and practical advice on seeking zoning amendments, special permits, variances and other discretionary approvals.

Robert N. Holtzman

Robert N. Holtzman represents employers in employment law and executive compensation matters and is Co-chair of Kramer Levin’s Executive Compensation practice. Robert counsels employers regarding the full range of legal and business issues that touch upon or concern the employment relationship, including advisory matters involving investigations of discrimination and whistleblower complaints, the design and implementation of appropriate policies and practices and employment issues that arise in connection with corporate transactions. He also designs and conducts training of managers and other employees.

Ronald S. Greenberg

Ronald S. Greenberg, Chair of the Real Estate Litigation practice group, is an accomplished lawyer with 30 years of experience litigating complex business and real estate disputes, at both the trial and appellate levels. Named New York’s “Lawyer of the Year” for 2021 in Real Estate Litigation by Best Lawyers in America, Ron has a long record of achieving favorable outcomes for clients. The cases Ron litigates run the gamut from “business divorces” and corporate control disputes to commercial foreclosures, construction litigation and a broad range of contract disputes. He represents banks and developers as well as commercial landlords and tenants in real estate matters, and counsels individual and corporate clients, including Fortune 100 companies, insurance carriers and dot-coms, in a wide variety of commercial disputes. Ron has argued dozens of appeals, and is an experienced practitioner in the Commercial Division of the New York County Supreme Court.

Rose Bagley

Rose Hill Bagley works on bankruptcy matters.

Sam Brill

Sam Brill assists developers, lenders, not-for-profit institutions and other entities in New York City land use matters. Sam conducts due diligence and analyzes development potential for property acquisition and financing, and assists clients in seeking discretionary land use approvals from the City Planning Commission and the Board of Standards and Appeals.

Scott S. Rosenblum

Scott S. Rosenblum counsels clients on corporate and securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. Scott advises public and private entities in a wide variety of transactions, including international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and debt and equity offerings, including initial public offerings and alternative public offerings, partnership arrangements, and venture transactions. His clients include both domestic and international entities (including those based in China, Israel and the United Kingdom), from startups and emerging companies to Fortune 500 companies, engaged in technology, investment banking, manufacturing and services, real estate, insurance, financial services, energy, and e-commerce

Seth R. Niedermayer

Seth R. Niedermayer counsels and represents investors, developers, operators and financial institutions in the full range of real estate transactions — acquisitions and sales, developments, partnerships and joint ventures, and lending, borrowing and financing transactions. Seth’s projects involve commercial, residential, multifamily, mixed-use, luxury, and resort and hospitality properties, and include everything from traditional commercial transactions and financings to foreign investments in U.S. developments and some of the highest-profile developments in New York City and nationwide.

Sheila Pozon

Sheila M. Pozon represents private developers, private property owners, cultural and educational institutions, lenders, and investors in connection with New York City real estate development issues. Sheila advises clients on municipal law issues, the development potential of sites, and the land use and environmental review processes.

Stephen R. Senie

Stephen R. Senie represents clients in all aspects of real estate transactions, including the development and construction of complex mixed-use projects for both commercial and institutional clients, and the formation of condominium projects, as well as acquisitions and sales, leases, ground leases, and financings. Steve also represents property owners and developers in connection with the purchase and sale of air rights and development rights, including landmark, theater and inclusionary rights, and in connection with easement agreements, access agreements and other development agreements.

Steven S. Sparling

Steven S. Sparling litigates white collar regulatory and criminal defense, civil antitrust, complex commercial, and sports matters. Steve counsels and represents executives, directors and other individuals as well as Fortune 100 companies in sensitive, complicated and often high-profile matters involving criminal and regulatory trials, hearings, investigations, and related proceedings. Steve’s work on behalf of his clients involves a comprehensive range of substantive issues in white collar criminal defense and regulatory work, including defending against allegations of securities and accounting fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, insider trading, running a Ponzi scheme, money laundering, stock options backdating, obstruction of justice and tax offenses. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations for U.S. and foreign companies, represented both officers and directors in connection with such investigations, and worked with auditors and disclosure counsel as well as regulators and government agencies in connection with such investigations.

Susan Jacquemot

Susan Jacquemot is an experienced litigator with a wide-ranging commercial litigation practice. Susan represents public companies, as well as officers and directors, in connection with securities and class action lawsuits and related regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. Her diverse litigation practice also includes complex tax-related litigation, partnership disputes, bankruptcy litigation, disputes relating to the ownership of valuable works of art, real estate and employment litigation, and a variety of complex commercial contract disputes.

Tatiana Mejia-Uribe

atiana Mejia Uribe assists developers, investors, operators, purchasers, sellers, borrowers and lenders in real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, financings, development, leasing, and joint ventures and partnerships involving residential, commercial, retail, hospitality and mixed-use properties. Tatiana’s work involves drafting, negotiating, and reviewing purchase and sale agreements, financing documents, leases, and joint venture documents; conducting due diligence; and coordinating with deal team members from supporting practice areas, including tax and land use, to ensure that clients experience fully integrated representation.

Thomas E. Molner

Thomas E. Molner counsels clients in securities, corporate finance and business combination transactions. These include public offerings, strategic and distressed mergers and acquisitions, and formation of joint ventures. He also regularly advises boards of directors and independent board committees of public companies on corporate governance, investigations and executive compensation matters. Tom provides clients a comprehensive range of corporate and business advice. His clients include a major U.S. audit and consulting firm and several U.S.-based shipping companies.

Thomas Moers Mayer

Thomas Moers Mayer, co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring department, has played a prominent role in many of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in history. Tom’s work involves both in- and out-of-court restructurings of distressed businesses on behalf of creditor committees, major secured and unsecured creditors, and bondholders. He has represented the official committees of unsecured creditors in some of the most well-known Chapter 11 cases, including those of General Motors, Chrysler, Capmark, Smurfit-Stone, Dana Corp., Seadrill Ltd., Arch Coal and Patriot Coal.

Thomas T. Janover

Thomas T. Janover leads Kramer Levin’s Claims Trading and Investment Advice practice, a team of lawyers widely regarded by peers and clients as one of the finest in this area. An experienced industry leader, Tom is regarded as one of the “deans” of distressed investing. For more than 25 years, he has represented numerous hedge funds, investment banks and commercial banks in the purchase and sale of securities of and claims against companies undergoing financial restructuring, in bankruptcy or in other distressed circumstances.

Tobias B. Jacoby

Tobias B. Jacoby is an experienced trial lawyer. Toby represents corporate and individual clients in complex civil cases, including matters involving advertising, contracts, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, trusts, fiduciary duties and allegations of securities fraud.

Todd E. Lenson

Todd E. Lenson has more than 20 years of experience representing public companies, private equity funds and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and family offices and other family-owned businesses in all types of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. Todd’s clients range from S&P 500 companies to growing companies across a diverse group of industries and sectors, including real estate, energy, manufacturing, technology, media, sports and entertainment. Todd serves as the deputy chair of the Corporate Department.

Tzvi Rokeach

Tzvi Rokeach represents leading developers, institutional investors, major lenders, Fortune 1000 corporations and prominent individual investors, bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to a wide range of sophisticated real estate transactions. Tzvi works on large-scale development and construction projects, joint ventures, acquisitions, and sales and dispositions across a broad range of asset types, including commercial, industrial, retail, residential, gaming, hospitality and entertainment properties. He also represents lenders and borrowers in complex real estate financings, workouts, and complicated restructurings and recapitalizations, as well as multiple-tier intercreditor relationships and mortgage and mezzanine loan foreclosures and enforcement activities.

Valerie G. Campbell

Valerie Campbell advises residential and commercial developers, property owners and non-profit, cultural, religious and educational institutions in land use, zoning, historic preservation and environmental matters in connection with major projects throughout New York City. Valerie’s work includes new developments, expansions and enlargements, and adaptive reuse and alterations in historic districts or areas adjacent to individual landmarks.

Zoe Essner

Zoe Essner works on bankruptcy and restructuring matters, assisting in the representation of clients in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. Zoe’s recent representations include the Boy Scouts of America official creditors’ committee.