Established in the 1960’s, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP is a leading New York law firm representing clients ranging from public companies, hedge, venture capital, private equity and other investment funds to entrepreneurs and private companies. We are consistently recognized for our expertise in corporate and securities law, shareholder activism, real estate, intellectual property, advertising and marketing, tax, litigation, and bankruptcy. In addition, we have significant practices dealing with employment matters and insurance coverage. At Olshan, the mix of clients combined with the range of our practice groups and a collegial atmosphere result in a tremendous advantage. We offer broad and specialized services for large clients while at the same time effectively serving smaller clients on business transactions and litigation.

Our skilled handling of real estate transactions has helped our real estate lawyers achieve an outstanding reputation in the industry. Leveraging our in-depth knowledge, creative deal-making, and diligent and cost-efficient service, we negotiate and close some of the most sophisticated and significant real estate transactions on behalf of our clients. We have particular experience serving real estate clients in the areas of major office buildings, including purchases, sales, space leasing and ground leasing of office buildings, hotels and development sites; retail leasing, where we represent major brand retailers in leasing retail space in New York and across the U.S.; commercial condominiums, where we create, manage and enforce the rights concerning mixed-use properties and air rights conveyances.

Olshan’s real estate attorneys also handle real estate joint ventures and joint ownership arrangements, including condominiums, cooperatives and tenancies-in-common, negotiate like-kind 1031 exchanges, arrange workouts of distressed properties and counsel owners and investment bankers in offering real estate investment trust (REIT) shares.