Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Land Use

Partner, New York

Elise is a partner in the Land Use department at the firm, 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.