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Edward S. Hershfield
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Edward S. Hershfield

5.0
1 review

One International Place, Boston, MA 02110

Real Estate, Real Estate Funds, Opportunity Zone Funds and 2 more

About Edward S. Hershfield

Edward S. Hershfield is an experienced, highly regarded, and innovative real estate counselor who takes great pride in getting deals done.

Ed represents clients throughout the United States in all aspects of complex real estate transactions, including acquisitions, air-rights leases, financings, restructurings, zoning and land use matters, development and permitting processes, workouts, and dispositions. His clients include national and regional real estate developers, private equity funds, investment and asset management firms, hedge funds, foreign investors, utilities and energy companies, pension fund advisors, and publicly traded and private corporations.

Ed is regularly involved in all facets of structuring real estate acquisitions, developments, financings and dispositions, including working with clients to create development and investment entities, analyze potential sites and projects, and develop and implement financing structures, including preferred equity and mezzanine loans. Ed is experienced in identifying potential value in real estate assets, developing strategies to give clients competitive advantages to acquire those assets, and then efficiently carrying out development, leasing and sales programs. He has been involved in restructuring troubled debt and has created numerous “shared appreciation” restructurings where investors, lenders and other creditors obtained equity interests and additional payments based on future property performance and sales value.

Concentrations

•Real estate acquisition and development •Land use and zoning •Energy facilities •Sports, gaming and entertainment •Finance •Leasing •Restructuring

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2009-2026 •Listed, Chambers USA Guide: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2016-2025 •Listed, Boston Magazine, 'Top Lawyers - Commercial Real Estate,' 2023-2025 •Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023 •Listed, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 'Go To Lawyers: Commercial Real Estate,' 2023 •Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2004-2015 and 2017-2022 •Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2017-2018 and 2022 •Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0

 

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AV Preeminent Peer Rated
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Champion Badge Platinum

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Edward S. Hershfield got this award in 2021

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Services

Areas of Law

  • Real Estate
  • Other 4
    • Real Estate Funds
    • Opportunity Zone Funds
    • Land Use
    • Institutional Investors

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Real Estate Matters: Representation of an international hotel chain in the development
    leasing of an air rights project above the Massachusetts Turnpike
    the first air rights project in Boston in nearly forty years.
    Representation of a national investment
    asset management firm in the acquisition of a major development site in Downtown Boston, including agreements with preferred equity
    equity sources, joint venture agreements
    development agreements.
    Representation of one of the five largest Massachusetts real estate companies in the acquisition, financing, leasing,
    disposition of multiple multi-family, retain
    office sites in Massachusetts.
    Representation of a national real estate development company in the acquisition, permitting, financing, construction
    multiple property sales of a former military base in Massachusetts.
    Representation of a national gaming company in the acquisition, rezoning
    permitting of a gaming facility in Massachusetts.
    Representation of a national real estate fund in the acquisition
    development of real estate sites throughout Massachusetts, including equity investments into joint ventures.
    Representation of a national brokerage
    financial advisory firm in leasing
    l
    use matters throughout the United States.
    Representation of a national investment
    asset management firm in the acquisition of office buildings, laboratory buildings
    development sites throughout Massachusetts.
    Representation of a developer in the conversion of a coal fired power plant into a natural gas-powered facility
    the sale of a portion of the l
    for alternative energy uses
    Representation of a national energy company in the sale of a former power plant, including instituting agreements to enable the energy company to share in future appreciation of the site.
    Representation of a major Chinese investment fund in the acquisition of l

    the development of multi-family projects in the Northeastern United States.
    Financial Matters: Representation of a national investment
    asset management firm in an historic tax credit mezzanine loan for the development of a city-center hotel in the Southeastern United States.
    Representation of a real estate company in the acquisition of multiple pharmacy sites through the United States, which had been subject to securitized debt, including the defeasance of existing financing.
    Representation of a national investment
    asset management firm in financing the acquisition
    development of a major vacant Downtown Boston site, including structuring the preferred equity
    equity investments
    Representation of a developer of a forty-acre mixed use site in structuring an equity investment
    related management
    development agreements.
    Representation of a gaming company in structuring joint venture operating agreements, preferred equity investments
    additional equity investments.
  • Additional Links
    http://https//www.gtlaw.com/

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1985, Massachusetts
    2011, New York
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Boston Bar Association
    •NAIOP Government Affairs Committee
    •Former Chair, Town of Sharon Zoning Board of Appeals
    •Board Member, Anti-Defamation League, New England

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Columbia University School of Law
    Class of 1984
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Brown University
    Class of 1981
    B.A.
    magna cum laude

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    Edward S. Hershfield was admitted in 1985 to the State of Massachusetts.
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    Yes, Edward S. Hershfield is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
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    Edward S. Hershfield attended Columbia University School of Law.

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