Press Release 04.09.24
A dealmaker in the truest sense of the word ... he absorbs matters quickly and understands our business and what matters to us.
Pillsbury Real Estate partner Andrew Weiner’s practice is global in scope, with a significant and sustained concentration on transactions in the New York metropolitan area.
Since 1976, Andrew has represented domestic and foreign clients in equity and debt transactions, the creation of real estate funds and joint ventures, and transactions involving distressed real estate.
Andrew's practice has had a significant concentration in the hospitality and real estate investment trust (REIT) sectors, and in leasing. His clients have included funds, family offices, institutional lenders, universities, non-U.S. investors and New York City developers.
Representative Experience
- Representing a Swedish public real estate company in joint ventures with a Manhattan-based developer to acquire and develop four sites in Manhattan as boutique office buildings, and in an early-stage investment in a real estate company.
- Representing a New York-based university/medical center in its real estate transactions for over three decades, including acquisition or master lease of nine dormitories and multiple administrative facilities, over 3 million square feet of leasing as landlord or tenant, P3 transactions, development of a biotechnology center and reorganization of academic medical center as a commercial condominium.
- Represented the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in negotiations with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to relocate St. Nicholas Church, destroyed on 9/11, to a new location at the World Trade Center site.
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- Represented Prima Mortgage Investment Trust LLC as a co-lender advancing more than $100 million of a $200 million acquisition loan used to finance the purchase of DreamWorks Animation’s headquarters and campus in Glendale, California
- Represented investor group in negotiating rights to develop the riverfront along the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Represented a Hong Kong public company in the acquisition of office buildings and hotels in the US and Europe, including a joint venture between its lifestyle brand and a shared workspace business operator.
- Represented a publicly traded Singaporean REIT in the acquisition of two hotels in Manhattan.
- Represented an investment advisor, whose clients include US and foreign pension funds and sovereign funds, in mortgage, mezzanine and B-note lending, acquiring B-Notes and tranches of securitized debt, and fund formation and investor relations.
- Represented international banks, a television network and others in negotiation of their headquarter leases in Manhattan and other significant leasing transactions, including sale-leasebacks.
- Represented investors, including funds, in investments in real estate in the US and England, including formation of joint ventures for single asset or portfolio investments, and investment into existing entities.
- Represented an investment bank-sponsored opportunity fund in creating, holding and disposing of a $600 million portfolio of mezzanine debt.
Professional Highlights
- Chair, Real Estate Practice Group, Lex Mundi (a preeminent worldwide association of independent law firms)
- Panelist, forum sponsored by the Mayor of the City of Osaka on its future.
- Panelist, MIPIM, Palais des Festivals, Cannes.
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- Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Chambers USA in New York Real Estate: Mainly Dirt, 2021 – 2023
- Client Testimonial: “Excellent lawyer. A deal maker in the true sense of the word", Chambers USA 2022
- Client Testimonial: “A must for anyone new in the Manhattan RE jungle,” Legal 500 USA 2022
- Andrew is recommended as a leading real estate lawyer in the U.S. by International Financial Law Review, Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Real Estate Law (2007 – 2024), Euromoney’s Expert Guides (with the designation in 2017 as one of the top 30 real estate lawyers, the "Best of the Best," in the U.S.), Super Lawyers (2006 – present), Who’s Who Legal (2021 – 2022) and recognized by Legal 500 USA (2022). He was a member of the 2015 Real Estate Editorial Advisory Board of Law360.
- He was named by Business Today in July 2023 as one of “2023’s Top 10 Most Influential Dirt Lawyers Transforming New York’s Real Estate”, described as an attorney “who brings a collection of transactional real estate experience to this list. Clients attest to his incredible responsiveness, dedication, and ability to absorb issues quickly….”
- He was also selected by Real Estate Law Experts as the leading real estate lawyer in New York for 2015 – 2016.
- Associations
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Member, Real Property Law Committee, 1985-88, 1998-01, 2020-23
- Member, Construction Law Committee, 1995-98
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- Member, Advisory Board, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
- Member, Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
- Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “Borrowers & Lenders: Workouts, Negotiations, Mods, Foreclosure & Bankruptcy,” IMN Distressed CRE West Forum, April 17, 2024
- Speaker, “Surprise – You’re Reporting Too! - Corporate Transparency Act for Real Estate Investments,” CalCPA Real Estate Virtual Conference, January 30, 2024
- Speaker, “The Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations,” Federal Bar Association CLE Program Webinar, January 17, 2024
- Speaker, “Navigating Rescue Capital – A Strategic Option for Recapitalizing Distressed Entities,” Pillsbury Webinar, December 5, 2023
- Speaker, “Corporate Transparency Act's Impact on Real Estate: Reporting Companies; Exemptions; Beneficial Ownership Reporting,” Strafford Webinar, October 24, 2023
- Speaker, “Rescue Capital to the Rescue? Recapitalizing Stressed Real Estate Vehicles,” Federal Bar Association CLE Program, May 9, 2023
- Speaker, “Compliance with the New Reporting Regulations Under the Corporate Transparency Act – What Will $84.14 Buy?” Mid-Year Meeting of American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), March 18, 2023
- Speaker, “Planning for the Rescue Capital Wave of 2023: Tax and Non-Tax Considerations for Rescue Capital Transactions,” Strafford Webinar, March 7, 2023
- Speaker, “Corporate Transparency Act – What You Need to Know,” Guidehouse Webinar, November 17, 2022
- Speaker, “Proposed Regulations: FinCEN increases AML Scrutiny of the US Real Estate Sector,” Guidehouse Webinar, May 17, 2022
- Speaker, “Corporate Transparency Act for Real Estate Borrowers and Lenders: New Federal Reporting Requirements,” Strafford CLE Webinar, March 2, 2022
- Speaker, “Update on Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Under the CTA and Report on the Proposed ‘Enablers Act,’” Annual Meeting of American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), October 23, 2021
- “Episode #29: A Deep Dive into the Corporate Transparency Act (Part II) (Andrew Weiner),”The Pillsbury Industry Insights Podcast, April 20, 2021
- Speaker, “AFIRE Podcast #48: (Corporate) Transparency Rules”. Non-US-based investors face the disclosure regime of the Corporate Transparency Act. What do you need to know? April 12, 2021
- “Episode #28: A Deep Dive into the CTA (Part 1) (Andrew Weiner),”The Pillsbury Industry Insights Podcast, April 7, 2021
- Speaker, “Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Under the Corporate Transparency Act,” AmTrust Title Webinar Series, March 10, 2021
- Speaker, “ACRELive! Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Under the Corporate Transparency Act: Is It a Big Deal?” American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), March 3, 2021
- Speaker, “Transfer Tax and Distressed Real Estate: New York and California,” Swimming Lesson Videocast Series: Surviving and Navigating the Choppy Waters of Distressed Real Estate, January 19, 2021
- Speaker, "Issues for Foreign Investors Seeking U.S. Real Estate", American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), October 4, 2016
- Speaker, Conference on Investment in U.S. Real Estate, American Club, Hong Kong, Fall 1998
- Panelist and Panel Leader, Forum sponsored by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation on the future of Roosevelt Island.
- Panelist, Seminar on Japanese investment in U.S. Real Estate, Tokyo, 1991
- Publications
- “FinCEN’s Proposed Rule to Regulate Investment Advisers: The Questions Industry Should Be Following”Pillsbury Client Alert, March 2024
- “Beneficial Ownership: The Corporate Transparency Act” and “Farmland: The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act,” The AFIRE Guide to U.S. Real Estate Investing, 4th edition, January 2024
- “FinCEN Extends Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadline for Companies Created or Registered in 2024” Pillsbury Client Alert, November 2023
- “Cos. Need To Pay Attention To NY's LLC Transparency Act” Law 360, July 2023
- "New York Legislature Passes LLC Transparency Act” Pillsbury Client Alert, June 2023
- “Rescue Capital: Opportunity in Hard Times” AFIRE’s Summit Journal, Summer 2023 Issue
- "Planning for the Rescue Capital Wave” The Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2023
- “Planning for the Rescue Capital Wave of 2023” Pillsbury Client Alert, January 2023
- “Non-US-based investors face the disclosure regime of the Corporate Transparency Act. What do you need to know?” AFIRE’s Summit Journal, Spring 2021 Issue
- “What New Corporate Disclosures Mean For Real Estate” Law 360, February 2021
- “Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate - Now More than Ever,” The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, January 2017
- “Doing Real Estate Deals in New York,” AFIRE News, Fall 1998
- “The Next Deal may Turn into a Federal Case: U.S. Statutes Often Affect Real Estate Transactions,” New York Law Journal, September 1993
- “Aviation,” Commerce Committees, A Study of the House and Senate Commerce Committees, Ralph Nader Congress Project, 1975
- “The Washington Metropolitan Area Housing Industry: A Case Study of the Effects of Tight Money and Land Use Controls,” Urban Land, 1974
- Blog Posts
- “A Deep Dive into the Corporate Transparency Act,” Pillsbury’s Gravel2Gavel, April 22, 2021
Education
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J.D., Harvard Law School, 1976
cum laudeB.A., Yale University, 1972
magna cum laude
Admissions
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New York