Matthew Leeds is a Partner in the Real Estate Transactions and Cooperatives and Condominiums Practices at Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer.
Focused on the finer points
Mr. Leeds has been ahead of the curve of developments in real estate law in New York City for more than three decades. He handles all manner of sophisticated real estate transactions involving development, construction, ownership, and financing of commercial, residential and mixed-use properties, and commercial condominiums. Mr. Leeds’ experience representing New York City real estate developers has led him to concentrate on cooperatives and condominiums, quickly becoming a recognized authority in all aspects of cooperative and condominium law.
Mr. Leeds frequently represents purchasers, sellers, and owners of significant commercial properties and exclusive residential properties in conventional and leasehold cooperatives and condominiums. He represents investors in “unsold shares” and “unsold units,” including analysis, acquisition, offering, and disposition.condominium associations and cooperative apartment corporations, he advises on all aspects of their operation and management, including contracting and corporate governance.
Mr. Leeds also represents developers and sponsors of offering plans. He counsels major lenders in construction loans for the development of new construction condominiums and in the conversion of existing rental properties to the condominium form of ownership. He works with private commercial real estate owners, hospitality companies, major retailers, medical centers, and nonprofit entities on the conversions of existing commercial properties to commercial condominiums, and on the creation of commercial leasehold condominiums.
Highly respected in his areas of practice, Mr. Leeds has held leadership positions with the New York State Bar Association, including Chair of the Real Property Section and Co-Chair of that Section’s Condominiums and Cooperatives Committee. He speaks and writes on real estate subjects and teaches law students as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.
Mr. Leeds began his career in the New York Attorney General’s office, assigned to the Condominiums and Cooperatives Division.