Jay Epstien & Fred Klein – Legal Mensches (#37)

Bios Jay Epstien Jay Epstien represents local and national owners, developers and users in all aspects of real estate transactions involving urban office buildings, shopping centers and mixed use projects. He has been the lead lawyer on many of the largest office leases in Washington, DC, representing both landlords and tenants, including numerous law firms that have sought his counsel. He has represented major corporations in corporate real estate facilities matters, involving corporate relocations and disposition of significant existing facilities.  In addition, he has represented both landlords and tenants in major grocery store leases throughout the United States.    Under Jay’s leadership, the DLA Piper real estate practice became the leading practice in the world.  He also created the DLA Piper Global Real Estate Summits − industry-leading events held in Chicago, London, Tel Aviv and Dubai – which established DLA Piper as the global thought leader among real estate law firms. Fred Klein Fred Klein helps real estate and finance clients solve problems, structure and close complex real estate transactions and manage risk. Fred represents offshore, local and national developers and investors, and construction and permanent lenders (including life insurers) on transactions, development projects, and real estate finance. His clients include owners, operators and developers of office, multifamily, retail, hotels, manufactured housing and student housing in major markets and in more than 25 states. Fred has advised numerous clients on the purchase and sale of distressed debt, and has extensive experience representing borrowers and lenders on loan workouts and disputes. He has also recently assisted several clients in connection with the restructuring of ground leases, and has drafted and negotiated numerous ground leases during the past 30 years. Some of these clients are families that have owned income producing property for several generations, and in those cases, Fred helped either to restructure or reposition the assets, or advise on sales strategies. Show Notes Current Roles Jay Epstien 25 years with DLA Piper now together (5:00)Senior Partner with firm and connecting people around the firm (5:15) Fred Klein Co-partner and leader of the Real Estate group of firm in Washington DC (5:50)Coordinates exporting business throughout the firm (6:40)Negotiate, draft, structure deals (7:00) Origin Stories Fred Klein Cumberland, MD- Dad was a dress manu...