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Marc Epstein

Work Department
Partner; Real Estate
Position
Marc Epstein counsels owners, developers, landlords, tenants and investors in a wide variety of real estate transactions, including sales, acquisitions, financing, leasing, development, management and construction. He also represents clients in forming and structuring vehicles for investments in real estate. These include funds, joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs).
In his career, Marc has negotiated more than a billion dollars’ worth of design, engineering and construction contracts and has assisted clients in the acquisition and disposition of countless dollars of commercial real estate. He also structures and negotiates agreements related to the management, operation and leasing of commercial real estate, including data centers, hotels and assisted living facilities.
To learn more about Mr. Epstein, please review his full profile at: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/marc-n-epstein.html
Memberships
- Member, Urban Land Institute
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Education
J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, cum laude; B.A., Vanderbilt University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Akin‘s real estate team has extensive experience advising on real estate finance, acquisition, disposition, development, and workout matters. The practice has a particular strength focusing on hospitality properties, representing private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices in buying, selling, building, and financing hotels. The Dallas team, led by co-head John Bain, has significant experience advising on data facility transactions, representing prominent investment funds as well as REITs, in connection with data center developments. Marc Epstein is a core part of the practice, with work extending beyond tech-focused data centers to advise investors, owners, and developers on both the retail and assisted living industries. In New York, Avi Feinberg represents clients across the capital structure, regarding various asset classes, handling financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and joint venture matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)