LAWYER PROFILE

Hope K Plasha

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Hope K. Plasha has a national real estate practice that encompasses the full spectrum of property types and includes leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, construction and design contracts, complex commercial financings, development, management, and easement agreements, joint ventures, and general legal and business advice relating to strategic real estate transactions.

She has particular experience with international real estate, serving as outside real estate general counsel for a global media company in most of its property matters worldwide (including transactions in over 37 different countries).

Ms. Plasha also has worked extensively with tax-exempt organizations to address their unique real estate concerns—including a number of NYC’s most renowned cultural, medical, and educational institutions.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Member, Advisory Board of the Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute

Personal

J.D., 1996, Yale Law School; M.Litt., 1993, Oxford Law School, Marshall Scholar; A.B., magna cum laude, 1990, Columbia University, Phi Beta Kappa

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt - New York

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Hope Plasha enjoys a national practice that covers the full spectrum of property types. She provides high level advice on issues such as commercial leasing, acquisitions and dispositions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • She tries to lessen our work so we can focus on the business and helped us by delivering creative solutions.

    Real Estate: Mainly DirtChambers Guide to the USA
  • Hope is responsive, timely and is incredibly thorough in terms of how she negotiates and drafts contracts.

    Real Estate: Mainly DirtChambers Guide to the USA
  • Hope is a beacon of non-stop energy and knowledge. She's an expert in lease negotiation from a legal standpoint.

    Real Estate: Mainly DirtChambers Guide to the USA

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