Eric Feuerstein > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP handles the full range of commercial transactions encompassing acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and high-end developmental matters, in addition to substantial loan portfolio transactions, restructurings, and workouts. The team is especially skilled in its advising of lenders, operators, and investment firms, with a multitude of clients being private equity investors, asset management, and developers. On the East Coast, transactional lawyer Eric Feuerstein co-chairs the practice from New York; moving west to California, Century City-based co-chair Jesse Sharf is highly regarded for his expertise in structured and lender side finance, including mezzanine, construction, and CMBS loans, alongside his broader representation of institutional investors and developers. In New York, Harry Silvera has considerable experience on hospitality and senior housing, with Andrew Dady covering debt and equity finance. In Los Angeles, Drew Flowers and Lauren Giovannone are key names, as is Allison Kidd in San Francisco. Since research concluded, Victoria Shusterman has left the firm.

The real estate group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP excels in assisting clients both domestically and globally with real estate transactions. The practice assists clients with a wide scope of matters including real estate capital markets and joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of all asset types, debt and equity financing, as well as real estate M&A. The firm is sought out by lenders, operators, developers, and investment firms to handle their complex financing, hospitality and leisure sector transactions, and sales. Sovereign wealth funds and family offices are also a part of the firms client base. Real estate expert Eric Feuerstein leads the practice from New York alongside Los Angeles-based Jesse Sharf. Feuerstein is well-versed in a number of financing issues including joint ventures, debt purchases, and restructurings, while Sharf represents mezzanine lenders, construction lenders, CMBS lenders, and portfolio lenders in real estate transactions. Part of the New York team, Noam Haberman is key to representing banks and funds in origination, purchase and sale of balance sheets, and securitization, Andrew Lance is noted for his expertise in real estate capital markets, Aaron Beim advises institutional real estate investors, and Steven Klein is knowledgeable about real estate transactions and REIT issues. In Los Angeles Mark Osher focuses on capital markets and balance sheet financing. San Francisco-based Kahlil Yearwood is noted for representing portfolio lenders, debt fund managers, and private equity firms in transactions. Real estate finance specialist Michael Weinberger joined the firm in July 2023 from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and is based in New York. Since research concluded, Victoria Shusterman has left the firm.