Marci I. Gordon

Marci I. Gordon is a partner in the Real Estate Department, and a member of the Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Development, REITs, and Higher Education Groups, and the Distressed Real Estate Initiative. Her practice is concentrated in the area of general real estate law, and she has particular experience in real estate development, acquisition, and financing transactions.

Representative Matters

• Represented a major national movie theater chain in the acquisition of partnership interests in various urban movie theaters
• Represents a pension fund as the equity investor in an approximately $200 million mixed-used development located in Queens, New York
• Represents a pension fund in the recapitalization of an approximately $150 million mixed-use project in Queens, New York
• Represents a significant owner of multifamily properties in various acquisitions and dispositions of multifamily and retail properties
• Represents major real estate owner and developer in connection with various financings and re-financings of portions of a major development in Prince Georges County, Maryland
• Represents a pension fund in connection with the creation of a $500 million joint venture to acquire industrial properties
• Represents a ground lease tenant in connection with the development and operation of a major mixed-use project in Baltimore
  

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association of the City of New York

Served on subcommittee that drafted a portion of the 2007 Report on Lawyers' Opinions and Business Transactions, by the Special Joint Committee of the Section of Business Law and the Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning of the Maryland State Bar Association

Recognition & Accomplishments

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, real estate, 2007-2010

The Best Lawyers in America, real estate, 2009-2010

Publications

Co-author, "Joint Venture Exit Mechanisms Allow Partners to 'Cash Out,'" New York Law Journal, Real Estate & Title Insurance Trends special section, March 2002

Speaking Engagements

Moderator/Speaker, "Real Estate Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation," Lorman seminar

Board Memberships

The Everyman Theatre
University of Pennsylvania, Baltimore metropolitan region, Secondary School Committee
Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Young Leadership Council

New York University School of Law (J.D. 1997)

University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1994, summa cum laude)

District of Columbia 1998

Maryland 1997

New York 1999