Our Approach
Biography
Jack represents financial institutions, private equity funds, owner/operators and developers in all aspects of commercial real estate and private M&A nationwide. His practice involves a sophisticated blend of both debt and equity transactions. He excels in navigating clients through complicated and difficult legal and business issues.
Background
Before law, Jack worked in a variety of occupations, including “hotshot” fire fighter out West; media planner at NYC advertising agency; FM DJ at radio station in Kyoto, Japan; mathematics teacher at boys reform school in northeastern New Mexico; reporter in Washington, D.C. for South American think-tank; analyst at Maclean, Virginia management consulting firm; carpenter at southern California bookstore; and English adjunct professor at Slovak agricultural university.
Jack worked full-time in law as a real estate closer and in the Manhattan D.A.’s legislative affairs bureau while attending Brooklyn Law School’s night-program.
After graduating, he worked ten (10) years as a Paul Hastings LLP associate before becoming a business transactions partner for the last five (5) years, most recently at Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP in their Midtown office.
Our Story
Representative Experience
- Represented privately-held distillery client in its first U.S. acquisition.
- Represented private-equity client in acquisition of flagged hotel in Mid-Atlantic with over 500 keys.
- Represented owner/operator in corporate matters, joint venture and management of grocery-anchored shopping center in the South.
- Represented Sponsor in joint venture of value-add office project in Alabama.
- Represented Sponsor in its corporate finance matters, joint venture and bridge financing of south Florida condominium.
- Represented Borrower in ground-up construction loan of boutique Brooklyn condominium.
- Represented private-equity client in joint venture to purchase defaulted debt on suburban office property.
- Represented real estate fund in joint venture and financing of suburban office project in Long Island.
- Represented real estate fund in joint venture to acquire urban Massachusetts multi
- Represented private equity client in sale of 22-property portfolio of self-storage facilities in the Northeast
- Represented a national insurance company in purchase of a pari passu participation of two $462 million mortgage loans secured by ground-lease mortgage of regional shopping mall in the Northwest
- Represented private equity client in joint venture repositioning/development of several office parcels in southeast Florida
- Represented financial institution in $46 million mortgage loan, with junior mezzanine component, on mixed use project on Manhattan’s lower east side
- Represented investment management firm in $45 million joint venture of Pennsylvania hotel with a local operator, involving a complex bond consent agreement and ground lease structure
- Represented real estate fund in joint venture, recapitalization and debt restructuring of mixed use waterfront project in Pennsylvania.
Professional Recognition & Pro-Bono
- Board of Directors-Lower East Side Coalition Housing Development 2015-present
- Board of Directors- Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation 2012-2014
- Cornerstone Award: Pro-Bono Service in Leasing, Lawyers Alliance of New York (2011)