Mark S. Levenson is a Vice Chair of the Real Estate Department and Chair of the Corporate Real Estate Practice Group. He also chairs the Firm's Israel Business Practice Group. Mr. Levenson handles a broad range of transactions for domestic and international clients, including acquisitions, development, sale/leasebacks, leasing, lending, design and construction projects and corporate advisory work. Mr. Levenson has 27 years of experience in private practice including 8 years as the senior real estate lawyer at a major financial services institution. During his 8-year tenure as in-house counsel, Mr. Levenson oversaw all domestic U.S. and several worldwide real estate development and construction projects for his employer and also supervised certain litigations and tax certiorari and condemnation proceedings. Over the course of his career, Mr. Levenson has done extensive international work for his clients including projects in the United Kingdom (Canary Wharf), India, the Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Israel, Latin America and France. Mr. Levenson also served as the U.S. representative for several of his international clients. Mr. Levenson served as a mediator in the United States District Court for the Southern District Mediation Program, an Arbitrator in the New York City Civil Court System and a Director of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (now CoreNet). He is a member of the American Bar Association Real Property Committee and serves, respectively, as president or as an executive committee member of several not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Levenson has received numerous awards for his volunteer activities and does significant professional and pro bono work for various non-profit organizations, such as A Better Chance, The Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and The Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic. Mr. Levenson has been selected for inclusion in the 2007-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®* published by Woodard/White under Real Estate Law and the 2009-2011 editions of New Jersey Super Lawyers®* published by Thompson Reuters under Real Estate and International. He was honored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic at the 2010 Tribute Dinner and was awarded the 2008 America-Israel Chamber of Commerce & Industry Business Leadership Award. *For ranking methodologies, please see www.bestlawyers.com and www.superlawyers.com. Affiliations Member, New York County Lawyers Association Member, New York State Bar Association Member, New Jersey State Bar Association Member, American Bar Association Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers Board of Trustees, Independent College Fund of New Jersey Chair, New Jersey-Israel Commission (appointed by Governor Chris Christie) President Elect, NJ State Association of Jewish Federations Co-President and Executive Committee, America-Israel Chamber of Commerce & Industry Honorary Associate Chair, State Committee for Israel @ 60, NJ State Association of Jewish Federations President, Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic, New Jersey (2002-2010) Chair, 2009 U.S.-Israel Cleantech Conference Authored Articles 11/1/2004, Jeffrey H. Newman and Mark S. Levenson - "Sale-Leaseback Transactions in the "Corporate Scandal" Era" 8/8/2003, Mark S. Levenson - "Who Pays for Blackouts?" 10/1/2002, Mark S. Levenson - Sale Leaseback Transaction After Enron And Worldcom - A Tougher Landscape Related Press Releases 3/21/2011, Sills Cummis & Gross Announces Its 2011 New Jersey Super Lawyers 8/9/2010, Sills Cummis & Gross' Mark S. Levenson Installed as Co-President of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. 8/9/2010, Sills Cummis & Gross Attorneys Continue to be Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 3/22/2010, Sills Cummis & Gross Announces Its 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers 8/5/2009, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Retains Prestige in 2010 Best Lawyers ® 3/26/2009, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Announces Its 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers 12/5/2008, Mark S. Levenson Receives Business Leadership Award at America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala Dinner 10/28/2008, Highest Accolades from Best Lawyers ® for Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 7/22/2008, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Member, Mark S. Levenson, Named Vice President of the NJ State Association of Jewish Federations 5/29/2008, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Member, Mark S. Levenson, Helps America-Israel Green Buildings Conference Come to Fruition 11/1/2006, 26 Sills Cummis Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 Relevant News 2/2/2012, Mark S. Levenson - MetroWest Hosts Security Briefing 1/26/2012, Mark S. Levenson - Rutgers Brass Offer Assurances to Jewish Leaders 10/24/2011, Mark S. Levenson - Governor Christie to travel to Israel next year 3/25/2011, Mark S. Levenson - N.J.-Israel Commission meets, under new chairmanship 12/22/2010, Christie names chair of NJ-Israel Commission: Development body has 'strong support,' says Mark Levenson 9/9/2010, Mark S. Levenson - Leader takes helm of chamber 9/23/2009, Mark S. Levenson - Israeli tech firms pitch blue, white - and green 9/11/2009, Mark S. Levenson - Israeli 'cleantech' takes center stage 1/23/2009, Mark S. Levenson - A great appreciation of life lived under fire 1/15/2009, Mark S. Levenson - Witnessing the war in Gaza: Local speaker describes the chaos 7/1/2008, Mark S. Levenson - The New Jersey-Israel Connection: "Green" Buildings and Much More 7/1/2008, Mark S. Levenson - The Shimon Peres Conference 2008: A Participant's View 6/12/2008, Mark S. Levenson - Solutions for the Here and Now 11/1/2007, Mark S. Levenson - Lawyers make their case for office space 1/25/2006, Mark S. Levenson - New York Partners and Associates Closing Real Estate Deals 8/8/2003, Mark Levenson - 'An honor I am very proud of' 4/11/2003, Mark S. Levenson - Baptists Look for Salisbury Operator 10/15/2002, Mark Levenson - Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman Sell 2.3 Million s/f tower for $158 Million Relevant Events 1/30/2012, Mark S. Levenson - How Non-Profit Organizations are Financed and Administered 1/25/2012, Mark Levenson - Security Briefing 2/28/2011, Mark S. Levenson - How Organizations Are Financed 2/1/2011, Mark S. Levenson - The America-Israel Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. Conference 11/8/2010, Mark S. Levenson - CleanTech & Energy Conference 3/1/2010, Mark S. Levenson - Resource Development and Management 3/1/2010, Mark S. Levenson - Resource Development and Management 2/16/2010, Mark S. Levenson - The Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference 2/10/2010, Mark S. Levenson - Leasing in the Post Sub-Prime Era -- Does Quality Matter? 9/16/2009, Mark S. Levenson - U.S. - Israel Cleantech Conference 3/25/2009, Mark S. Levenson - Leasing 101 - The World Has Changed; Lessons For Negotiations Post-The-Meltdown 6/3/2008, Mark S. Levenson - America-Israel Green Buildings Conference 4/2/2008, Mark S. Levenson - The Impact of 9/11 on the World Financial Center at Battery Park City 2/7/2007, Mark S. Levenson- The University As Developer: Is The University A Friendly Neighbor Or An Adverse Displacer? 6/15/2006, Mark S. Levenson - Northeast Real Estate Institute 4/3/2006, Mark S. Levenson - International Leasing: Does the Country Really Make a Difference? 4/7/2005, Jeffrey H. Newman and Mark S. Levenson - Sale-Leasebacks - The Best of Both Worlds Is Still Obtainable in the Post-Enron Era 3/23/2005, Jeffrey H. Newman and Mark S. Levenson - The Art of Negotiation 3/21/2005, Mark S. Levenson - "Internationalization of the Sale-Leaseback" 1/30/2004, Mark S. Levenson - "Real Estate Lease Negotiations: The Art of Making the Deal" 4/4/2003, Mark S. Levenson - Canary Wharf and the Reichmanns: Lessons from the Docklands |