Jeffrey W. Kleiner Joins Olshan as Counsel in Real Estate Law Practice

NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP today announced that Jeffrey W. Kleiner has joined the firm as Counsel in the firm's Real Estate Law practice where he will practice as a member of the Construction Law Group.

"We are delighted that Jeff has joined our busy and expanding Construction Law practice led by Alexander Ferrini," said Olshan Real Estate partner Thomas D. Kearns.  "With our real estate clients facing increasingly complex issues in development and construction projects, Jeff will provide an enormous boost in our ability to advise clients on leveraging costs and avoiding litigation," Kearns continued.

Mr. Kleiner's practice is focused on construction and real estate-related commercial transactional matters, corporate compliance and advisory services and commercial and real estate litigation. He has successfully represented clients in preparing and negotiating design/construction agreements for commercial and residential projects. Mr. Kleiner has been the lead construction contract writer and negotiator for owners of private, corporate and institutional projects, ranging from luxury condominiums to hotels and other development projects. Before concentrating on construction agreements, he had extensive experience in commercial and real estate litigation, successfully representing clients both in pursuing and defending diverse legal claims. Mr. Kleiner is also expert in professional liability and insurance coverage litigation.

Mr. Kleiner joins Olshan from LePatner & Associates where he was a partner in the Construction Counsel Group. Prior to that, he was an attorney at Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan LLP.

Mr. Kleiner served as a member of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Attorney Professionalism from 2006 through 2009. He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and is a graduate of the Honors Program of the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland where he received his B.A. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

About Olshan's Real Estate Law Practice
Across the nation and especially in and around New York, 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 country's most sophisticated and significant real estate transactions on behalf of our clients.

We have particular experience serving real estate law 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 Manhattan and across the U.S., commercial condominiums, where we create, manage and enforce the rights concerning various mixed-use properties and air rights conveyance.

About Olshan 
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, a law firm based in New York, represents major businesses and entrepreneurs in their most significant transactions, problems and opportunities. Olshan's clients range from public companies, hedge, venture capital, private equity and other investment funds to entrepreneurs and private companies worldwide. Clients choose Olshan for innovative strategies and sophisticated, game-changing advice in corporate, securities law, equity investment and shareholder activism, complex commercial, corporate and securities litigation, real estate, intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and advertising. Since its founding, Olshan has offered an alternative to the AmLaw 50 law firm business model with responsive, independent and client-focused legal counsel provided by the firm's senior lawyers.

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