BARCLAY DAMON - Key Persons
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- School Government Law Center, Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Legal Intern
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- Associate
- Named Associate After Admission to New York State Bar
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- of Counsel
- Representative Experience
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- Transactional and Tax Partner Andy Oppenheimer
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- Medical Professional As an Independent Contractor Is Not Enough to Bar a Finding of Employee Status
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- Partner
- Adds Corporate Partner
Katie concentrates her practice on representing clients in a wide range of commercial and real estate matters, including conveyancing, financing, leasing, construction, and public-private partnerships. She has assisted public and private entities, including utility- and community-scale solar developers, with real property tax exemptions, payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements, and economic development incentives. She drafts and negotiates purchase and sale agreements, leases, easements, and American Institute of Architects contracts for commercial properties, including shopping centers, office buildings, distribution centers, and solar projects.
Katie also represents developers and municipal housing authorities in the development of low-income housing. She has guided significant development and redevelopment projects from procurement through closing, including multiple low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) and rental assistance demonstration (RAD) conversion transactions. Katie has appeared before and represented industrial development agencies (IDAs), counseled board members on applications for financial assistance, and drafted and negotiated documents for IDA closings.
Ned primarily focuses on financial transactions, real estate, and advising business entities. He represents lenders and borrowers in all types of loan transactions, including real estate-secured, asset-based, and mezzanine loans. He also provides representation in transactions involving municipal bonds and tax credits and transactions utilizing letters of credit and other credit-enhancement vehicles.
Ned acts as counsel to landlords, tenants, sellers, and buyers in lease and transfer transactions, including exchanges, and in the development of property for retail, office, manufacturing, and other purposes. He uses his financing and real estate experience to provide counsel to lenders and borrowers in work-out and restructuring transactions. In addition, Ned advises on the formation, governance, and ongoing business activities of business entities, including not-for-profit corporations.
Ned is Barclay Damon's immediate past Financial Services Practice Group leader, and he previously served on the firm's Management Committee and was the former chair of the Associates Committee and the Financial Institutions & Lending Practice Area.