Lawrence D. Eisenberg

Qualifications and Career Profile

Lawrence D. Eisenberg concentrates his practice in real estate law. 

Mr. Eisenberg has more than 40 years of experience in a wide range of complex real estate transactions. Mr. Eisenberg’s skills have been utilized in the representation of numerous major institutional clients in connection with the relocation of their international headquarters facilities, with a special emphasis on facilities leasing and development. 

In addition, he has represented public and private developers of shopping centers, museums, office buildings, residential projects, golf course facilities, hospitals and healthcare facilities, purchasers and sellers of large real estate portfolios, and lenders and borrowers in major construction and other real estate based financing, as well as in the workout of troubled loans. He has represented the State of New York in the privatization of several major facilities, including Stewart International Airport, the only commercial service airport privatization in the United States.

Associations and Committees

Mr. Eisenberg is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the Cornell University Real Estate Council and the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Eisenberg is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009–2011); The Guide to the World's Leading Real Estate Lawyers; the 2006 New York Super Lawyers — Manhattan Edition; and New York Super Lawyers— New York Metro Edition (2007–2011).

Lectures and Articles

Mr. Eisenberg has lectured at Columbia University in New York and the Urban Land Institute's headquarters in Washington, D.C. and has written a treatise for the American Bar Association Press entitled A Guide to Commercial Leasing in New York.

Education

Mr. Eisenberg received his undergraduate degree (B.S., 1965) from Syracuse University and received his law degree (J.D., 1968) from Cornell Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Law Review.