Practice Areas:
Real estate and investment ventures both in New York City and throughout the United States. He counsels clients in the formation, syndication, acquisition, financing, development and sale of commercial real estate and other investment assets.
Education:
Degrees in Accounting and a Master of Laws in Taxation (LLM) from New York University
Matthew E. Kasindorf

Mr. Kasindorf is an accomplished transactional lawyer specializing in sophisticated real estate and investment transactions both in New York City and throughout the United States. He counsels clients in the formation, syndication, acquisition, financing, development and sale of commercial real estate and other investment assets. With degrees in Accounting and a Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) from New York University, Mr. Kasindorf has over 25 years of experience in crafting and negotiating complex joint venture, partnership and limited liability company operating agreements with particular emphasis on taxation and finance issues.

Mr. Kasindorf is the chair of the firm's prolific 9-person Real Estate department. He has expertise in a broad array of transactions including single asset and portfolio real estate acquisitions and sales, sophisticated financing transactions including securitized mortgages, multi-tranche mezzanine loans and preferred equity transactions, new construction, ground lease negotiation and development, office, industrial and retail leasing for both landlords and tenants, workouts and foreclosures, co-op and condominium development and conversions and zoning matters. Mr. Kasindorf has been named a "New York Super Lawyer".

Over the past 6 years, Mr. Kasindorf has emerged as one of the most popular Adjunct Associate Professors in New York University's renowned Graduate Real Estate Institute where he has earned the prestigious "Award for Teaching Excellence". He is considered such a dynamic advisor that he is invited to be a regular instructor at NYU's Summer Real Estate Institute's intensive programs, catering to the most serious investors from the U.S. and around the world. He has also lectured on real estate and tax matters at New York University School of Continuing Education, The New School, Lorman Education Services, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Real Estate Board of New York.

Mr. Kasindorf is the current Green Chairman and former President of Tam O' Shanter Country Club in Brookville, New York and lives in Jericho, New York with his wife, Susan and two daughters Amanda, a recent University of Miami graduate and Erica, a sophomore at Vanderbilt University.

Contact:
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Phone: (212) 655-3558
Fax: (646) 539-3658
mek@msf-law.com

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