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Wayne B. Heicklen

Wayne B. Heicklen, Co-Chair of the Real Estate Group, concentrates his practice in the area of real estate law and corporate and general business transactions. Wayne has a broad range of experience in such matters including development, sales, acquisitions, financings, joint ventures  and commercial leasing. He also has extensive experience with Real Estate Investment Trusts, securitized ownership and financing of real property interests, as well as in workouts and restructuring of loans affecting distressed properties.

Wayne’s representative transactions include:

• Acquisition of Main Street Restaurant Group Public Company by The Briad Group
• Acquisition of Maxwell on the Hudson Development in Hoboken, New Jersey by Pinnacle Companies and Toll Brothers Joint Venture
• Acquisition and development of 305 East 85^th Street, New York, New York by Ascend Group and The Carlyle Group Joint Venture
• Acquisition and development of 325 Fifth Avenue by Continental Properties and Levine Builders Joint Venture
• Establishment of Joint Venture between Direct Invest, LLC and Lehman Brothers for the acquisition of properties and syndication to Tenant in Common Investors for Tax Free Exchanges

Previous Positions

• Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C., Counsel (1992-94)
• Dreyer & Traub, Associate (1984-92)
• Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Ziegler, Associate (1982-84)

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, Tri-State Real Estate Trends, New York University Real Estate Institute (November 2007)
• Speaker, Maryland Bar Association Annual Meeting
• Speaker, ICSC Real Estate Convention

Professional Affiliations

• New York State Bar Association

Other Activities

• Seleced for inclusion in The Legal 500 - Real Estate as being among the leading real estate lawyers in the U.S.
• Featured as one of the "twelve most prominent real estate lawyers" in the September 2005 Real Estate New York cover story, Meet the Real Estate Lawyers