Marc S Shuster

Career

Marc Shuster's main practice focuses on commercial real estate, and corporate joint venture work relating to the structuring of real estate deals. His clients include private equity groups, family offices (international and domestic), international law firms, and public companies in the real estate space. Marc also has substantial experience in Caribbean and other cross-border real estate transactions, including marina development and hotels. He also routinely assists real estate owners, brokers, lenders, and investors in connection with sourcing and managing deal flow across all of the real estate food groups. Marc also represents tech start-ups and internet companies.

Professional Memberships

- Hollo Real Estate Advisory Board Member, FIU College of Business

- Board Member, Planning Giving Advisory Board, Museum of Art, Broward County

- Editorial Board Member, www.hotelexecutive.com

- Member, Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association

- Board of Directors, Camillus House

- Miami Children’s Young Ambassador, Miami Children’s Hospital

- Honorary Trustee, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art

- Leadership Broward Class XXIII Graduate

- Member, Brazil-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida

- Committee Member, Florida State University College of Business Real Estate Trends Conference

- Member, Fidelity Commercial Real Estate Council for Florida

- Co-Founder, Leaders of Tomorrow, a networking group of the next generation of business and community leaders

- Committee Member, Florida Bar RPPTL Section, Real Property Forms

- Committee Member, Florida Bar RPPTL Section, Landlord/Tenant

- Outside General Counsel, Jack and Jill Children’s Center, Inc

Publications

- Berger, J. L., Barron, R. W., Margolis, J. R., & Shuster, M. S. (2022, August 11). Berger Singerman’s Real Estate Team Authors Chambers and Partners’ 2022 Florida-US Regional Real Estate Chapter. US Regional Real Estate 2022. https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/us-regional-real-estate-2022/florida

- Berger, J. L., Margolis, J. R., Rosenberg, E. D., & Shuster, M. S. (2023, May 11). US Regional Real Estate 2023. https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/us-regional-real-estate-2023/florida

Work Highlights

- Represents Contraria Development in the development of a preparatory school and athletic training facility

- Represented J. Milton & Associates in a joint venture acquisition of a South Beach hotel

- Represented Sefira Capital in a joint venture acquisition of the 407-room Westin Tysons Corner

- Represented Gencom in its acquisition of Rosewood Tucker's Point Resort & Golf Club in Bermuda

- Counsel to NYC-based publicly traded REIT in their Florida real estate matters, including the $171 million dollar acquisition of private schools located in Florida

- Counsel to South Florida Fortune 100 company in their Florida real estate matters

- Counsel to South Florida private equity firm in structuring their joint venture arrangements for real estate acquisitions

- Counsel to South Florida developer in their Florida real estate matters

- Counsel to Miami family office in their real estate matters

- Counsel to Miami family office in their real estate workout matters

- Counsel to local developer in structuring real estate joint ventures including condominium projects

- Counsel to Canadian family office in structuring inbound real estate joint venture for development of $300 million multi-family project

- Counsel to Russian family in their Florida corporate and real estate deals

- Counsel to Canadian family offices in their Florida corporate and real estate deals

- Counsel to Florida family office in their Florida real estate matters

- Counsel to New York City family offices in their Florida corporate and real estate deals

- Counsel to real estate investment trust in refinance of 5 property portfolio

- Counsel to Russian private equity firm in their Florida real estate matters

- Counsel to real estate developer in sell-off of $800 million portfolio

- Counsel to U.K. based family office in their Florida corporate and real estate matters

- Counsel to German family in their Florida real estate matters

- Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in connection with the development of new pier in Bermuda

- Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. In connection with its redevelopment project at the Port of Miami

- Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in connection with its development of a new $250 million marina and pier development in Barbados

- Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in connection with its development of a $20 million performer training and housing facility at Florida International University

- Counsel to Hunter & Harp Holdings in acquisition of DoubletreeTallahassee

- Counsel to Hunter & Harp Holdings in sale of Hotel Duval

- Counsel to Starwood Property Trust in 107-property bulk real property acquisition in Florida

- Counsel to international law firm in evaluating Florida issues pertaining to financing on a franchised South Beach hotel

- Counsel to Inbursa in $200 million acquisition and construction/renovation loan involving Perry Hotel f/k/a/ Gansevoort Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida

- Counsel to Madison Realty Capital in connection with Florida real estate matters

- Counsel to Florida-based emergency management/services conglomerate in negotiating for disaster relief work throughout Caribbean

- Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in $200 million development of new cruise port in Falmouth, Jamaica

- Counsel to Herb Stettin, as Chapter 11 Trustee of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, PA, in connection with negotiating and preparing settlement agreements with former clients and third party vendors

- Represented Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in acquiring development and long-term lease rights in St. Maarten port valued at over $50 million. As a part of the transaction, worked on preferential berthing agreement to ensure berthing capability for fleet

- Counsel to a subsidiary of a private equity fund in the sale of a hotel and workout with bankrupt borrower in a transaction valued at $30 million dollars

- Counsel to Inbursa in $190 million construction loan involving development of Four Seasons resort in Florida

- Counsel to W Financial Fund in “hard money” loans involving shopping centers located throughout Florida

- Counsel to distressed national multi-family owner/operator in disposition of $100 million portfolio of apartment complexes, in its Chapter 11 proceeding

- Counsel to distressed national storage facility owner in complex workout arrangement involving approximately 300 assets guaranteed by loans exceeding $700 million

- Counsel to P&M Management in construction, development and acquisition of new build hotels throughout South Florida (most recently, representing them in their construction of a Comfort Suites near the Miami International Airport)

- Counsel to national hotel owner in acquisition of $300 million hotel portfolio

- Counsel to Tampa-based vacant land investor in working out troubled loans valued in excess of $20 million in its Chapter 11 proceeding

- Counsel to distressed hotel owner in complex loan workout where underlying property value exceeds $20 million

- Counsel to distressed real estate developer in negotiating the restructure of multiple troubled loans valued at $50 million Represented distressed entrepreneur in disposition of telecommunications company and its assets to competitor

- Represented Florida-based real estate developer in negotiating with hard money lender a covenant not to enforce a $40 million personal judgment

- Represented Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in negotiating $200 million transaction with Port Everglades County Government to deliver berthing of world’s largest passenger vessel. As a partof the transaction, negotiated the construction of a new, state-of- the-art 150,000 square foot terminal

- Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in negotiating with ports of Galveston, Texas, Ketchikan, Alaska, Colon, Panama, Marseilles, France and Cozumel, Mexico in connection with securing various preferential berthing rights

- Counsel to number of NYC-based and South Florida-based start- ups in the technology space

- Counsel to Tampa-based family offices in investment in medical marijuana operation

- Counsel to Miami-based family office debt fund in its formation and deals

- Counsel to Miami-based family offices in acquiring bulk condos

- Counsel to Budapest-based family office in fish farm development in Orlando

- Council to Cleveland-based family in structuring their real estate investments

- Counsel to Sefira Capital in their fund formations and real estate acquisitions

- Counsel to Orlando-based PE Fund in structuring their mezzanine financing fund

- Counsel to Fort Lauderdale-based debt fund in loan transactions

- Counsel to NYC-based family office in real estate transactions

- Counsel to Philadelphia-based family in sale of technology company to private equity firm

- Counsel to Fort Lauderdale-based family in sale of technology company to private equity firm

- Counsel to Waypoint Residential in purchase and sale of apartment complexes

Expert in these Jurisdictions

- Florida

Languages Spoken

- English

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