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Cardozo Launches the Center for Real Estate Law and Policy
What does it take to make successful, highprofile real estate deals in New York City? How does a company reach the top of the field in one of the most competitive markets in the world? And what are the special challenges faced by the lawyers who work on major real estate transactions? Those are just some of the topics that were discussed at Cardozo in April by Scott Rechler, chairman and CEO at RXR Realty, a multibillion-dollar private equity firm; Jason Barnett, vice-chairman and general counsel at RXR; and Eric M. Feuerstein ’95, a partner and co-chair of the real estate group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, in April at Cardozo. The panel discussion, titled “The Art of a Successful Deal: Both Sides Must Win,” was part of the inaugural event for Cardozo’s Center for Real Estate Law and Policy. The center’s mission: To make Cardozo the leader in educating young lawyers who understand how to conduct business in the New York real estate market. “We want to ensure that Cardozo students are thoroughly prepared for the challenge of real estate practice,” says the center’s director, Professor Stewart Sterk. “We also want to serve as a resource for the real estate community in general, and for Cardozo alumni in particular, on the cutting edge of real estate issues.” Cardozo’s new Center for Real Estate Law and Policy offers curricula in Real Estate Transactions, Land Use Regulation, Environmental Law, New York Residential Landlord-Tenant Law and more. It is home to the Stephen B. Siegel Program in Real Estate Law, which supports curriculum, publications and academic research. The center also publishes the New York Real Estate Reporter, a monthly survey of the most important real estate cases decided in New York. What follows is an edited excerpt from the Center for Real Estate Law and Policy’s inaugural panel.
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