BakerHostetler

Real Estate

Partner, BakerHostetler

Nicholas Melillo is the leader of the firm’s New York Real Estate team. He oversees and manages a diverse group of talented real estate attorneys who are well-versed in substantially all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Nick focuses his practice on the representation of institutional and private lenders, owners, developers and investors in real estate development and financing transactions. Representing both lenders and developers, he brings a complete spectrum of services to the table.

Nick is known for his grit and zealous advocacy for clients, as well as his practicality and efficiency in getting the deal done.

His matters frequently include environmentally contaminated sites, Brownfield Tax Credits, Historic and New Market Tax Credits, Opportunity Zones, the 421-a Affordable New York program, Inclusionary Housing Credits, ICAP benefits, and Industrial Development Agency sale- and lease-leaseback transactions. Nick also assists clients with the structuring and formation of opportunity zone and other investment funds and vehicles (including Sharia compliant funds), working very closely with his tax, investment funds and environmental teams to bring the highest and most comprehensive level of service to clients.

American Bar Association New York State Bar Association Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Young Mortgage Bankers Association (YMBA) International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

J.D., Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, 2006, magna cum laude; Managing Editor, Touro Law Review B.A., University of Vermont, 2002