Herrick Law Firm Adds Shapiro to Real Estate Practice

NEW YORK CITY—The law firm Herrick, Feinstein LLP has expanded its real estate department with the addition of new partner Ellen L. Shapiro.

Shapiro joins New York City-based Herrick from Squire Patton Boggs. She concentrates her practice on real estate finance, hospitality and leasing transactions for borrowers, institutional lenders, sellers and purchasers, landlord and tenants, hotel owners, management companies, franchisors and licensors. In addition to her real estate-related practice, she represents lenders in asset-based lending transactions.

“Our real estate department is a versatile group with exceptional experience in almost every facet of real estate law, and a well-honed ability to gauge what is market at any given time,” says Herrick real estate department chair Belinda G. Schwartz. “Ellen certainly fits that mold. Her diverse experience in debt and equity financings, restructurings, and hospitality and other complex real estate transactions only adds to our full-service capabilities.”

Herrick, Feinstein's full-service commercial real estate department has recently advised on a wide range of high-profile matters, including: the negotiation of a memorandum of understanding between an affiliate of New York City FC and the City of New York for the financing, construction, development and build-out of a new soccer stadium; the sale of a large waterfront development site in Astoria, Queens to an affiliate of Criterion Group; the joint venture development of a luxury high-rise condominium in downtown Fort Lauderdale, FL by affiliates of Rabina Properties and the Related Group in a joint venture with a fund managed by Perella Weinberg Partners; a large construction loan for The Lightstone Group, paving the way for the development of a 425-unit mixed use development at 365 Bond Street in Brooklyn, NY and billions of dollars in real estate financings originated by major financial institutions.

Founded in 1928, Herrick, Feinstein is a 140-lawyer firm that provides a variety of legal services, including commercial litigation, real estate, art law, bankruptcy and business reorganization, corporate law, employment law, government relations, insurance, intellectual property, sports law, and tax and personal planning. In addition to its New York City-based headquarters, the firm has offices in Newark and Princeton, NJ; Washington, DC and Istanbul, Turkey.