/Home/USA/Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in New York/BCLP
View profile of BCLP
Department profile
BCLP
Department profile | BCLP
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use - New York

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

BCLP has a robust land use practice that regularly represents clients seeking to obtain a variety of municipal and state approvals relating to zoning and other issues, as well as assisting lenders and investors with finance-related zoning due diligence. The team also advises investors, developers and other clients on a range of other corporate and financing transactions related to real estate.

Work Highlights

  • BCLP represented the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority in land use matters, including the reconstruction of Penn Station and the development of a new bus depot in Queens.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

BCLP has highly sophisticated knowledge and expertise in NYC land use matters.

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use respondent
USA

BCLP’s team comprises top-tier talent across every facet of New York City land use and zoning.

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use respondent
USA

The BCLP team is a delight to work with and extraordinarily expert in the complexities of the Land Use discipline in New York City.

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use respondent
USA

In addition to the actual legal services provided, BCLP's lawyers give consistently reliable advice and work hard to maintain the best cost/value of any of their competitors in New York.

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use respondent
USA

Notable Practitioners

Provided by Chambers

Judith M Gallent
1
Judith M Gallent
1
Band 1
Judith Gallent leads the firm's US planning and zoning practice. Her diverse client base includes major developers, and she offers experience handling the land use aspects of development and redevelopment projects.

Judy is always responsive and quick to grasp our legal requirements while simultaneously considering the related business impacts.

Judy was extremely on the ball in terms of responsiveness and always made herself available.

Judy is currently the most intelligent, skilled, careful, knowledgeable and simply the best land use lawyer in the business.

Judy is a personable, intelligent and responsive attorney who is confidence-inspiring, practical and a pleasure to work with.

View Profile
James Colgate
3
James Colgate
3
Band 3

James Colgate is well known for his expertise in the New York City building codes which, combined with training as an architect, allows him to advise clients on a broad range of land use matters, including zoning variances and special permits.

He is incredibly thorough, incredibly detail-oriented and incredibly responsive.

James is widely acknowledged as the single most knowledgeable NYC Building Code expert in New York.

James is an expert on all forms of building, zoning and related construction codes.

James has an unmatched knowledge of NYC zoning and the NYC building code.

View Profile

Ranked Lawyers at
BCLP

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

New York

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Judith M Gallent
1
Judith M Gallent
1
Band 1
View Profile
James Colgate
3
James Colgate
3
Band 3
View Profile