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Steven Segal
Steven Segal counsels clients on general corporate matters, with a particular focus on securities law and transactional matters in the municipal and corporate restructuring context. Steven advises both issuers and creditors on a variety of transactions, including public offerings, financings, private exchanges, restructuring support agreements, and an assortment of restructuring transactions and other special situations both in and out of court. His work also includes the analysis of indentures and other complex credit documents governing instruments across the capital structure for mutual funds, hedge funds and other institutional investors. 
Paul D. Selver
Paul D. Selver, co-chair of the Land Use department, counsels and represents both private- and public-sector clients in all aspects of land use and development law, with a special emphasis on environmental, zoning and historic preservation. Paul represents clients in matters involving the public and environmental review of complex and large-scale projects, zoning interpretation critical to project approval, and transfers of development rights. He also oversees land use and environmental due diligence in connection with real estate purchases and financings, and has served as special counsel in litigation defending challenges to land use-related permits and approvals.
Stephen R. Senie
Stephen R. Senie represents clients in all aspects of real estate transactions, including the development and construction of complex mixed-use projects for both commercial and institutional clients, and the formation of condominium projects, as well as acquisitions and sales, leases, ground leases, and financings. Steve also represents property owners and developers in connection with the purchase and sale of air rights and development rights, including landmark, theater and inclusionary rights, and in connection with easement agreements, access agreements and other development agreements.
Meigan P. Serle
Meigan P. Serle counsels and represents leading developers and investors in luxury and mixed-used commercial, retail and residential projects, specializing in condominium, cooperative and shared ownership developments. Meigan helps clients plan, develop, structure and implement sophisticated and often bespoke ownership, operation and management regimes designed to meet the specific and unique needs of these large-scale development projects. She also advises on the legal, regulatory and business aspects of the creation, registration, marketing and sale of both condominium and cooperative public and nonpublic offerings.
Cynthia Lovinger Siderman
Cynthia Lovinger Siderman advises and represents clients in connection with land use matters, particularly in the area of eminent domain. A practitioner in the area of eminent domain for more than a decade, including representing condemnors, Cynthia is an effective advocate representing the interests of landowners and tenants in eminent domain proceedings, both in valuation trials to obtain just compensation and in appellate courts to protect and further the awards of compensation.
Norman C. Simon
Norman C. Simon is a seasoned trial lawyer who maintains a diverse litigation practice with a focus on advertising law. As chair of the Advertising Litigation practice, Norm represents global brands in false advertising disputes under the federal Lanham Act and in class action litigation brought pursuant to consumer fraud statutes, as well as in challenges before the National Advertising Division (NAD) and National Advertising Review Board (NARB). He has many years of courtroom experience, litigating both bench and jury trials. Norm draws on that experience to help clients avoid costly litigation, counseling them on a variety of advertising-related issues, including prospective claims, advertising clearance and claim support. He also is a managing editor of Kramer Levin’s Advertising Litigation Report, which provides weekly updates on developments in the space.
Peter Smith
Peter G. Smith provides counsel on the full gamut of corporate and securities law matters, including regularly advising on U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity financings and restructurings, joint ventures, and initial public offerings. Over the years his experience has ranged from structuring multibillion-dollar public tender offers and mergers to assisting investors, corporations and others in planning, financing and implementing leveraged buyouts and other acquisition programs, with a special focus on innovative strategies and structures.
Patrick Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan represents both private developers and not-for-profit institutions in zoning and municipal law matters, including seeking discretionary land use approvals, negotiating transfers of development rights, and conducting zoning due diligence for property acquisition and financing. His clients include museums, universities, charter schools, an interstate energy company, a live theater developer and operator, a bistate governmental agency, and both local and national real estate developers.
Eitan Tabak
Eitan Tabak counsels and represents private equity sponsors, funds and their portfolio companies in corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt financings. Eitan’s work includes representing middle-market private equity funds in connection with their acquisitions and sales of various portfolio companies throughout the United States and across a wide range of industries, including retail wireless communications, technology, food and beverage services, fitness centers, transportation services and apparel.
Gary R. Tarnoff
Gary R. Tarnoff, co-chair of the Land Use department,  focuses his practice on zoning, land use, landmarks and New York City administrative law. Gary has more than 20 years of experience as a land use lawyer representing developers, corporations, REITs, banks, medical institutions, universities, nursing homes, schools, museums, religious organizations and individuals in New York City land use matters. Gary has served as land use counsel on a wide variety of development projects, ranging from large-scale development projects and campus expansion and redevelopment to alterations and enlargements to individual town houses in historic districts.
Adam B. Taubman
Adam B. Taubman represents private developers, banks, and not-for-profit educational, cultural and health care institutions in the planning, development, and financing and acquisition of major properties in New York City. Adam advises clients on the development potential of sites, negotiates complex transactions for the transfer of development rights, conducts land use due diligence for property acquisition and financing, and applies for and obtains discretionary land use approvals, including rezonings, special permits and variances.
Carlos J. Tirado
Carlos J. Tirado works on Intellectual Property matters. During law school, Carlos was selected for the Federal Judicial Clerkship Honors Program and interned for the Hon. Lynne Sitarski, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He also served as patent assessment intern with the Jefferson Innovation Technology Transfer Office in Philadelphia. Between college and law school, Carlos worked as a distribution standards engineer for an electric utility in Pennsylvania, assisting with the implementation of new technology, developing improvement recommendations for network infrastructure and operations, and creating an emergency response plan for urban distribution networks.
Jeffrey S. Trachtman
Jeffrey S. Trachtman litigates complex bankruptcy, mass tort and securities fraud matters, including some of the nation’s most significant and high-profile cases in recent years. Skilled and accomplished both as writer and courtroom advocate, Jeff has built a long and successful record representing clients in both trial and appellate courts. Jeff is also a nationally recognized pro bono leader. In addition to helping to build Kramer Levin’s award-winning program as chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee for more than 17 years, Jeff has represented poverty law and civil rights clients throughout his career, most notably in landmark marriage equality cases in New York and before the U.S. Supreme Court.  
Eugene C. Travers
Eugene C. Travers represents developers, lenders, corporations, real estate investment trusts, not-for-profit institutions and other entities in land use, zoning and historic preservation law matters. Eugene negotiates complex zoning lot mergers and transfers of development rights, conducts zoning due diligence and analyzes development potential for property acquisition and financing, and seeks discretionary land use approvals, including rezonings, zoning text amendments, special permits, variances and authorizations.
Elise Wagner
Elise Wagner is a partner in the Land Use department at Kramer Levin, where she concentrates her practice in land use, zoning, environmental and historic preservation law. She has substantial experience counseling for-profit and nonprofit property owners on the planning and development of new buildings and the reuse of existing buildings. She has coordinated the public approval processes for major public-private development projects involving cooperation between private developers and New York City and State agencies. She has negotiated numerous multiparty transactions for the transfer of development rights and has performed due diligence on the purchase and financing of major properties.
Andrew I. Ward
Andrew I. Ward has a diverse transactional-based practice that focuses on assisting hedge funds, investment banks and other financial institutions with the purchase and sale of bankruptcy trade claims, LSTA and LMA bank debt, notes, bonds, and various types of equity interests, both domestically and in foreign jurisdictions. Prior to focusing on the distressed asset space, Andrew's practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities offerings, and securities compliance. This experience allows Andrew to provide guidance to his clients on a broad array of general corporate and securities matters.
Harold P. Weinberger
Harold P. Weinberger is a nationally recognized trial lawyer. Harold represents both plaintiffs and defendants in false advertising disputes under the federal Lanham Act, defends clients against class action litigation brought pursuant to consumer fraud statutes, and represents clients in other complex intellectual property and commercial litigations and arbitrations. He also represents advertisers and challengers in proceedings before the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus and in appeals before the National Advertising Review Board (NARB).
Josh S. Winefsky
Josh Winefsky advises clients in sophisticated real estate transactions both in New York City and nationwide. Equally adept working on traditional commercial real estate transactions and on condominium developments and offering plans, Josh brings a unique, multidisciplinary perspective to his work. He provides counsel that is both innovative and business focused, and his calm, even-keeled temperament and efficient style facilitate issue solving throughout even the most complex deals.
Erica D. Wolf
Erica D. Wolf advises hedge funds, investment banks and other financial institutions in the purchase and sale of distressed securities and claims of companies undergoing restructuring or in bankruptcy. She has knowledge of and experience negotiating forms published by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) for the U.S. market and by the Loan Market Association (LMA) for the European/Asian/Middle East markets. Erica has written about legal issues pertaining to the trading of claims and distressed securities and the settlement of transactions using LSTA and LMA documents. She also advises clients on various trading issues. In addition to her work in the firm’s Claims Trading and Investment Advice practice, Erica works on bankruptcy and restructuring matters.
Dean M. Yu
Dean M. Yu works on intellectual property matters. During law school, Dean was a member of a winning team in the first joint law school competition to deploy artificial intelligence tools in legal discovery. As a member of the attorney general staff for the University of North Carolina’s Honor Court, he both counseled students and represented the university at multiple full panel hearings. He also interned for the Honorable Cheri Beasley of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the Honorable Wanda Bryant of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Committed to pro bono and community service, Dean dedicated more than 200 hours over his three years at Carolina  Law to pro bono work, including indigent defense and veteran legal assistance
Eleni Zanias
Eleni Zanias counsels and represents private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, public and private companies, and strategic investors in corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic combinations. Eleni also advises public and private companies on corporate governance matters, including compliance, enforcement and disclosure matters; board and committee duties; and compliance with securities laws and regulations. Eleni commits significant time to pro bono matters, including advising small for-profit and not-for-profit businesses.