Dennis I. Hellman

Dennis Hellman joined Rosenberg & Estis in 1993. He is one of the senior members in the firm's Transactional and Leasing Group. In recent years, most of Mr. Hellman's practice has been concentrated on acquisitions, dispositions and developments throughout the United States, as well as on representing borrowers in complex financings and both owners and tenants in commercial leasing matters.

Among the notable transactions in which Mr. Hellman played a leading role are the development and financing of the office buildings known as One Bryant Park and 4 Times Square in New York City, the acquisition and leasing of 450 Park Avenue in New York City and 1801 K Street in Washington, D.C. and the acquisition, financing and disposition of California's famed Pebble Beach Golf Resort. Two of the leasing transactions in which Mr. Hellman was involved received the Real Estate Board of New York's Henry Hart Rice Achievement Award as the most ingenious deal of the year.

Mr. Hellman's after-hours commitments include memberships on several committees of the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Selected Cases and Representations

- Durst Organization: Assemblages, construction loans and permanent financings for 4 Times Square and One Bryant Park

- CMBS refinancings of various other office buildings

- Somerset Partners: Acquisitions, financings and leasing of 450 Park Avenue, 85 Tenth Avenue (including sale) and 1801 K Street, Washington D.C.

- Kaufman & Jacobs: Acquisitions and financings of buildings primarily leased to federal government in Newark, Las Vegas, Tampa, and Wisconsin

- Henry Kallan: Hotel developments and financings in New York City (including Giraffe and Library Hotels) and Toronto

- Rubicon US REIT: Dispositions, financings and workouts of office Buildings throughout the United States

Year Joined Firm

- 1993

Published Works

- "Foreclosure Alternative Available," The National Law Journal, July 5, 1993

Honors and Awards

- AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell

- Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers, 2006 - 2013