Terri Adler

Practice Areas

Terri L. Adler is a founding member of Adler & Stachenfeld LLP, the Managing Partner of the Firm, a member of the Management Committee, and the founding member of the Firm’s women’s initiative. Ms. Adler is also the co-chair of the Ground Lease Practice Group, Real Estate Platform Investment Group, and Distressed Real Estate Practice Group, chair of the Fund Formation Practice Group, Crowdfunding Practice Group, and International Practice Group, and former chair of the Real Estate Department.

Ms. Adler is one of the most talented, creative, and innovative attorneys in real estate and an unmatched powerhouse in corporate real estate transactions requiring complicated bespoke structuring. Her success can be traced in part to her ability to evolve as the real estate industry has evolved as well as her expertise in guiding clients through the various economic and industry crises throughout her career. As a result, Ms. Adler has developed a wide range of expertise in all areas of national and international real estate practice with a particular focus on platform creation and investment, GP capital funds, complex joint ventures, ground leases, and corporate real estate transactions. As a result of almost three decades of experience, Ms. Adler can address not only the real estate and corporate aspects of a particular transaction but also the unique needs of clients in their national and international transactions and relationships.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Clients

Ms. Adler’s clients include private equity funds, family offices, property owners, fund managers, developers, REITs, CPACE lenders, real estate platforms, founders of real estate platforms, ground lessors, ground lessees, and foreign investors.

Work Highlights

Throughout her career, Ms. Adler has been involved in many deals that have transformed neighborhoods and companies, and led the way to new trends and transactions in the real estate industry. Some examples spanning her career include:

1. The sale of a majority stake in Counterpointe Sustainable Advisors LLC, a leader in C-PACE financing, to Mass Mutual

2. An investment by Almanac Realty Investors into a newly-formed mortgage REIT sponsored by Mack Real Estate Group

3. The sale of a minority stake by Faropoint Ventures LLC to Invesco Real Estate

4. The acquisition, financing, and development of the first-ever development in New York City fully funded by Chinese capital

5. The acquisition and ultimate ground leasing of the former Zaro’s bakery in the South Bronx permitting the transformation of the site into a 447-unit mixed-use building