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Philip is a Co-Chairman of our Real Estate Department. He has extensive experience representing developers, owners, tenants, lenders and borrowers in all types of real estate transactions including acquisitions, sales, leasing, sale/leasebacks, construction and development agreements, joint ventures, mortgage loans and the restructuring of mortgage debt. He has rendered these services with respect to all types of real estate including retail, office, residential, hotel and warehouse/industrial properties. His clients include national and regional retailers, developers and property owners and institutional lenders as well as entrepreneurs in various businesses.
Philip has been continuously engaged in the practice of real estate law since 1984. Immediately prior to forming the Real Estate Department at our firm, Philip was a senior partner in the real estate practice group of a mid-size New York City law firm with a national real estate practice. In 2001, Philip and Stuart Ball joined us and established our Real Estate Department.
Philip earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, cum laude, in 1984, where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Brockport in 1981. Philip is admitted to practice in both New York and New Jersey and is a member of the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Philip currently serves on the Advisory Board of First American Title Insurance Company of New York and the Board of Directors of Glen Head Country Club. | 