USA Guide 2026 : New York
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The Real Estate Group of Skadden advises clients on the full array of complex issues throughout the industry. We represent a wide variety of developers, lenders, investment banks, pension funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity funds, U.S. and international investors, and major corporations. Our representations include public and private offerings of various types of real estate securities and REITs; securitized lending transactions; leasing on behalf of landlords and tenants; real estate litigation; real estate workouts and restructurings (in and out of bankruptcy); and the development and acquisition of office buildings, hotels, casinos, resorts and shopping centers.
Skadden is well established among the top-tier firms in the area of real estate, including by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2019, The LEGAL 500 UNITED STATES 2019 and U.S. News — Best Lawyers Best Law Firms 2019 in their annual listings of the leading practices. In 2019, numerous deals handled by Skadden once again featured among Real Estate Forum's Best of 2018.
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is a New York real estate powerhouse advising lenders, developers, REITs and private equity funds on sophisticated lending transactions. The firm houses expertise across all real estate matters, including financings, restructurings and joint ventures. The team demonstrates additional skill in advising on the gamut of commercial leasing issues.
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Skadden Arps acted for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in multiple projects, including the $9.5 billion redevelopment of Terminal One and the $4.2 billion redevelopment of Terminals Six and Seven at JFK International Airport.
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Skadden can take very complicated situations and agreements and distil them down to simple decision points.
Any sort of expertise we need, Skadden seem to be able to find an expert on their bench who can speak authoritatively on these matters and that is very reassuring.
Skadden are the crème de la crème. With the amount of resources the have, if you have any oddball questions, they can handle them.
Skadden are extremely responsive and they are always able to put themselves in my shoes and understand the issues I am facing.
Skadden's bench is deep and it's rare that they are unable to address issues that arise.
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In terms of work ethic and responsiveness, Vered drives things very quickly.
Vered cares deeply about our organization and holds herself and the attorneys that work for her to a high standard.
David Nagler is highly experienced in handling high value financing transactions. He represents a broad client base that includes major institutional investors, REITs and developers.
Nothing gets missed when David is dialed into a deal.
David understands the legal, the business and has an incredible memory for detail.
David has a great breadth of real estate knowledge.
Neil Rock excels at problem-solving, advising and being real estate-focused. He also excels at negotiations.
Neil has been a strategic thought partner for us.
Whenever Nesa is on a client call advocating for us, she is always fighting tirelessly in our corner.
Nesa finds a way to collaborate with everyone in a team.
Nesa is a great communicator who is very responsive. She is very good at summarising legal agreements and is also a creative thinker.
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Audrey L. Sokoloff
Peter Mair
Vered Rabia
Russell G. Wohl
David Nagler
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Practice area: Real Estate
Location: California: Southern
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