Ms. Weinstein is a partner in the Real Estate and Cooperative and Condominium Law Practice Groups at Ganfer & Shore. She has extensive experience in transactional matters through her representation of foreign and domestic corporations, trusts and individuals in the acquisition, sale and financing of vacant land, commercial and mixed use buildings and, in particular, condominium and cooperative units and private homes.
Additionally, Ms. Weinstein has represented numerous landlords, tenants and subtenants in leasing transactions, and individual owners in construction and architect agreements. She counsels various cooperative and condominium apartment boards in their real estate matters and a major university in its faculty mortgage relocation program.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Weinstein was Counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, practicing in that firm’s real estate group for over sixteen years. She began her law career as an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D., 1984);
Editor, Moot Court Board
Tufts University (B.A., 1980);
Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Memberships and Admissions
Ms. Weinstein is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Cooperatives and Condominiums Section. She is admitted in New York.
Representative Transactions
- Represented purchasers in condominium transaction identified by The New York Times as that week’s largest Manhattan residential purchase.
- Counseled condominium and cooperative purchasers and sellers in multiple transactions listed among the top 50 Manhattan residential sales by The Real Deal and Crain’s New York.
- Represented foreign investor groups in bulk purchases of multiple condominium units.
- Handled roof rights sales and purchases in cooperative buildings.
- Negotiated multi-party easement agreement between neighboring townhouse owners.
- Represented factoring corporation in a secured loan with defaulting vendor.
- Handled refinancings of underlying mortgages for cooperative apartment corporations.
- Negotiated “short-sale” agreements and work-outs for residential purchasers and sellers.
