Matthew is widely known for closing major deals in New York City and helping clients build real estate portfolios across the United States and beyond. A powerful negotiator who understands the legal and business issues on both sides of a transaction, Matt is respected by his clients, opposing counsel and other parties alike for his result-driven approach. This ability to shepherd complex transactions to a successful conclusion is evidenced by his impressive client list.

As a partner in the firm’s capital finance and real estate practice, Matt cuts a wide swath across the real estate industry by advising owners, developers, investors and lenders, among them REITS, private equity funds and family offices, on a variety of transactions. These include construction and real estate finance, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, real estate developments, preferred equity investments, mezzanine loan originations, and secondary market purchases, leasing, and loan workouts and restructurings. Well-connected in the real estate world, Matt looks to generate business for his clients by introducing them to potential partners and new deals.

He is active in pro bono work and leads the coordination of the annual NALP/Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program in New York, which brings high school seniors from The Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice into the firm to teach them about the law and legal careers, encourage them to enter the field and support them in their pursuits.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Brooklyn Law School, 2007

BS, Accounting, University of Delaware, 2004

• Represented a full service real estate management and investment firm, in the acquisition and financing of two high end retail condominium units located at 2770 Broadway in New York City. The acquisition financing in the amount of $18 million was structured as part mezzanine and part mortgage.
• Represented Savanna in the acquisition of a 20,676 square foot retail condominium at 1107 Broadway/10 Madison Square West. The retail space, part of a 16-story building with 125 luxury residential condominiums, includes approximately 12,000 square feet of prime corner ground floor space and 4,800 square feet of basement selling space.
• Represented agent and lead lender in two separate New York City hotel construction financings.
• Represented a number of private real estate investment companies in the acquisition and disposition of high-end office buildings, apartment complexes, condominiums and retail centers.
• Represented investors and developers in the formation of joint ventures for the operation of various types of commercial properties, including office, rental and low-income housing.
• Represented senior lenders in the restructuring of a loan secured by a large multistate hotel portfolio.
• Represented senior lenders in the negotiation of an extension of an $860 million loan facility secured by a large portfolio of office buildings.
• Represented banks and insurance companies in connection with the financing of various office, hotel and retail properties.
• Represented landlords and tenants in the preparation and negotiation of commercial leases, including leases of office, retail and storage spaces.
• Represented lenders in connection with the purchase and sale of loans secured by commercial real estate.
• Represented a holding company in a joint venture in connection with construction financing for major renovations to residential apartment units and common areas for a large condominium complex in New York City.
• Advised the owner of a large landmark office building in New York City in connection with a $55 million mortgage loan.
• Represented the property owner of a mixed-use building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in their refinancing of existing mortgage debt.
• Represented a developer in the refinancing of a three building office complex containing over 1 million square feet, located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Represented a real estate private investment firm in connection with its substantial equity investment in a joint venture formed to acquire a 50% stake in one of the largest privately owned industrial properties in New York, a 16-building complex with approximately 6 million square feet of space.
• Represented a developer in the $35 million refinancing of an eight-story, Class A office building located in the Golden Triangle business district of Washington, DC.
• Represented a building owner in a $300 million construction loan, which will convert a landmark New York City skyscraper into luxury apartments.

• Member, New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Young Lawyers Section

• Listed for Real Estate in Legal 500 United States, 2016
• Selected as a Rising Star for Real Estate Law, New York Super Lawyers magazine, 2014–2016. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage.

• Building Relationships: New York Real Estate Highlights, Fall 2014
• Building Relationships: New York Real Estate Highlights, Fall 2015
• Building Relationships: New York Real Estate Highlights, Fall 2016