Partner

Mr. Rubenfeld is Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department. His expertise includes financings and securitizations, acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, real estate development and management, leasing, and loan workouts. He also regularly represents lenders and borrowers in structuring and negotiating mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, construction loans and unsecured credit facilities. He was counsel to the borrower in the first mortgage-backed securities transaction in the United States. He acts as bond counsel on development transactions and structures secured transactions as well as sales of single and multiple-tier participation interests in mortgage loans. He counsels lenders in the financing of office, hotel, residential, shopping center, factory outlet, warehousing, loft and multi-use properties, and in connection with varied credit facilities. He provides legal services in both the purchase or sale of office, hotel, residential (cooperative and condominium), and shopping center properties.

As legal advisor to numerous real estate entities, from well-known enterprises to select, proprietary interests, as well as to brokers and tenants, Mr. Rubenfeld oversees operational issues, outside experts, and handles litigation at all levels. His expertise and hands-on experience in representing any interest in virtually any type of real estate transaction are greatly valued by clients. Admitted to the Bar: New York; New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Kenyon College (B.A. in Economics and Political Science, 1970); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1973).