ANDREW ALBSTEIN MANAGING PARTNER
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Over the course of his extraordinary 35-year career, Andrew W. Albstein, Managing Partner of Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP, has had the opportunity and privilege to work with a vast array of real estate professionals, individuals and institutions, family-owned businesses and multi-billion-dollar conglomerates. Through his stewardship, Mr. Albstein has positioned Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP as one of the premiere mid-market boutique real estate firms, representing sophisticated clientele in all aspects of real estate transactions across a wide array of geographic markets and asset classes. His expertise and ingenuity have guided his clients through the intricacies of all aspects of real estate law, from the “big picture” to the arcane.
His practice has a particular focus on the acquisition, sale and development of real property in New York City and across the United States. He is sought after for his negotiating skills in the context, not only of contracts and leases, but also joint venture agreements, loan financings and restructurings, and distressed debt sales and purchases. Mr. Albstein has a well-earned reputation for his zealous and successful representation of owners and developers in connection with properties of all types including office buildings, hotels, shopping centers, parking garages, restaurants, commercial condominiums and cooperatives, mixed use projects and industrial sites. He has extensive experience in the sale and purchasing of appurtenant development rights. He is unparalleled in the negotiation and drafting of partnership, corporate and limited liability company agreements for joint ventures.
From structuring the offer to closing the transaction, Mr. Albstein is the consummate “counselor,” single-mindedly serving the client’s needs.
Mr. Albstein currently is working on deals valued at well over $2.5 billion which will only add to his impressive resume of notable transactions.
Mr. Albstein is integrally involved in many charitable organizations and causes most notably as the founder of the Phyllis F. Albstein Fund for Brain Science at Johns Hopkins University, an organization Mr. Albstein created to honor his mother who suffered under the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease. Through his efforts, Mr. Albstein has raised more than $6,000,000 for the funding of research to rid the world of this horrendous disease.
Andrew W. Albstein was admitted to the Bar in 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Andrew W. Albstein has been selected for inclusion in the New York Super Lawyers every year since 2009.
Transactions
Trusts & Estates
Practice Areas
New York
New Jersey
Bar Admissions
J.D., Fordham Law School
LL.M. Taxation, New York University
B.A., Johns Hopkins University
Education
Bar Associations
New York State Bar Association (Member, Section on Real Property)
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation)