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Mr Ness Cohen
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Ness Cohen is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Real Estate group and is the Chairman of the Firm’s Real Estate practice in the Americas, based in New York. He specializes in real estate private equity and joint ventures as well as acquisitions, dispositions and financings involving real estate. His work also includes representing REITs, investment banks, insurance companies, real estate funds and developers in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and real estate related transactions.
Education
New York University (B.A., Economics) 1993
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude 1998
Partner since 2007
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Clifford Chance’s growing real estate practice is particularly prominent for its advising of funds, REITs, and financings, with particular emphasis on the borrower and investor side of developments and transactions. The firm, which draws on a substantial roster of national and international clients, is also recognized for its broad range of real estate services within the realms of joint ventures, recapitalizations, tax, and securities, with further expertise in Islamic financing structures. Advising from their New York office, the practice is led by Ness Cohen who focuses on real estate private equity and joint ventures together with financings and transactions. Also active in the New York office are Eddie Frastai who, alongside having expertise in transactions, has experience across a range of financing structures and restructuring mandates, and Jeanne Roig-Irwin, particularly experienced on dispositions and leasing.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)