Mr. Kessler is a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and chairs the Firm's Real Estate Lending and Transactions practice groups. He handles all phases of commercial real estate and property law, including acquisition, sale, construction and permanent financing, development, leasing and management of real estate, construction contracts and related corporate and partnership matters. He represents owners and developers, landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, contractors and subcontractors. Clients include a real estate investment trust and its affiliates, a national retailer, banks, mortgage companies, business parks and insurance companies, some of which are publicly traded. Areas Of Experience Loan Transactions, Mr. Kessler has represented numerous lenders in connection with construction and permanent financing, including representing a consortium of lenders with respect to a $50 million loan for the construction of a high-rise condominium/hotel in Atlantic City, the workout of the defaulted loan and resulting litigation. Real Estate Transactions, Mr. Kessler has represented a real estate investment trust and its affiliates in connection with the acquisition and sale of multimillion-dollar portfolios of properties in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Florida. Leasing Transactions, Mr. Kessler has represented a real estate investment trust and its affiliates and a national retailer, both as landlord and tenant, in leasing millions of square feet of commercial office, flex, retail and industrial space, including in high-rise office buildings and suburban business campuses. Clerkships ·, Harry A. Takiff, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia Professional Affiliations ·, American Bar Association, Member · Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member · Philadelphia Bar Association, Member Other Distinctions ·, Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell® · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for real estate law, 2010-2012 · Named a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" for real estate law, 2006-2011 News 09/19/2011, Sixty-Eight Schnader Attorneys Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell® 09/01/2011, Thirty Schnader Attorneys Recognized as "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2012 05/27/2011, Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2011 08/04/2010, Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Recognized as "Best Lawyers in America" for 2011 01/01/2010, Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2010 05/27/2009, Many Schnader Attorneys Honored as 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 09/18/2007, Many Schnader Attorneys are 2007 Super Lawyers, 2008 Best Lawyers 05/29/2007, Twenty-Seven Schnader Attorneys Named 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 07/20/2006, Thirty-Five Schnader Attorneys Are 2006 Super Lawyers 05/31/2006, Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Honored as 'Pennsylvania Super Lawyers' |