BBWG June 2014 Newsletter June 2014 | Page 4

LAWRENCE T. SHEPPS JOINS BBWG’S TRANSACTIONAL DEPARTMENT AS OF COUNSEL Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, LLP is pleased to announce that Lawrence T. Shepps has joined the Firm’s Transactional Department as Of Counsel. Lawrence T. Shepps Mr. Shepps has extensive experience in representing and advising clients in all aspects of transactions involving the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing and licensing of commercial real estate properties, including but not limited to, shopping centers, office buildings, multifamily and mixed use properties throughout the US, as well as, in the purchase and sale of development rights in New York City. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shepps was Of Counsel to Wachtel Missry LLP (f/k/a Wachtel Masyr & Missry LLP). BBWG IN THE NEWS SHERWIN BELKIN, a partner in BBWG’s Administrative Law and Appeals Departments, and DIANA R. STRASBURG, an associate in the Administrative Law Department, authored an article entitled “Owner Success At The Tenant Protection Unit,” which appeared in the March edition of The Mann Report. JEFFREY L. GOLDMAN, co-head of BBWG’s Litigation Department, was quoted in an article in The Daily News on March 16 that reported on a new discovery demand filed on behalf of long-time firm client Donald Trump in his litigation against the New York State Attorney General. MAGDA L. CRUZ, a partner in BBWG’s Litigati on and Appeals Departments and a long-time member of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, was cited in the May edition of RSA Reporter as being the sole member of the Board to vote against the preliminary guidelines proposed by the Board at its May 5 meeting. MATTHEW BRETT, a partner in BBWG’s Litigation Department, was quoted in an article in the March 13 edition of The New York Law Journal, discussing the anticipated impact of the newly appointed Commissioner of the City’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development. TRANSACTIONS OF NOTE CRAIG INGBER, a partner in BBWG’s Transactional Department, represented an institutional investor in the sale of an Upper East Side multifamily apartment building with ground floor retail for a sale price in excess of $225,000,000. MR. INGBER had also handled the sale of another similar property for the same investor at the end of 2013, which also had a sale price in excess of $225,000,000. 4