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Bradley A. Kaufman

Bradley A. Kaufman is a member of Pryor Cashman's Real Estate Group, where he focuses on commercial office, retail, and industrial leasing transactions. For more than 20 years, Mr. Kaufman has been responsible for acquisition, leasing and financing transactions aggregating many millions of square feet, representing owners and tenants in New York City and nationally. For a representative sample of some of Mr. Kaufman's transactions, please click here.

Mr. Kaufman has been a lecturer at New York Law School on negotiating techniques, has been selected as an expert panelist by the New York Law Journal and Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. on negotiating commercial leases, and has been a panel member and faculty chair for International Council of Shopping Centers, the American Corporate Council Association and the Practicing Law Institute symposiums and seminars. 

Mr. Kaufman has also authored numerous book and leasing manual chapters, including in the 2003 version of the ALI-ABA Lease Negotiation Handbook, the Retail Leases chapter of the 2004 version of the NYSBA Commercial Leasing Handbook (being updated in 2007/08), and articles in various publications on a wide range of topics in the commercial and retail leasing field, including an annual article in the New York Law Journal on leasing trends in the New York marketplace.

Mr. Kaufman is the co-chair of the New York State Bar Association's Real Property Section, Commercial Leasing Committee, since January 2002.

Mr. Kaufman is AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell’s highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability.

Publications

• Author, A Tale of Two Years: Following The Boom Of Early 2007, Activity Slowed By Year's End, New York Law Journal, January 14, 2008
• Author, Out of Control: Commercial Leasing Reaches New Heights in 2006, New York Law Journal, January 16, 2007
• Author, In Commercial Leasing, Midtown Market Remains Robust, New York Law Journal, January 17, 2006
• Author, Retail Leases chapter,  NYSBA Commercial Leasing Handbook (2004)
• Author, Leasing chapters, ALI-ABA Lease Negotiation Handbook (2003)

Teaching Positions

• Lecturer, Negotiating Techniques, New York Law School
• Expert Panelist, Negotiating Commercial Leases, New York Law Journal and Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc.
• Panel Member and Faculty Chair, International Council of Shopping Centers, American Corporate Council Association and the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) symposiums and seminars 

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Commercial Leasing Committee of the Real Property Law Section (2002-Present)
• Real Estate Board of New York
• International Council of Shopping Centers