Jerald S. "Jerry" Cohn - Lawyer in Washington, DC

Jerald Cohn has more than 25 years of experience incommercial real estate transactions nationwide. He represents institutionalinvestors and developers in the documenting and closing of complex transactionsinvolving the acquisition, financing and disposition of office, retail,multi-family and industrial properties. Mr. Cohn represents lenders in theorigination of all types of commercial real estate financing products, includingconstruction, interim and permanent loans. Mr. Cohn has extensive experiencerepresenting developers in connection with the negotiation of complexdevelopment agreements and related documentation.

Mr. Cohn has handled the acquisition of numerous high profile trophyproperties and portfolios. He represented the institutional purchaser of a40-story Manhattan office condominium tower subject to extensive signageagreements and regulations related to the building's hallmark Times Squarefaçade. In the development arena, Mr. Cohn acted as lead counsel in theacquisition of hybrid development rights and ground lease interests above asubterranean parking garage for the construction of a luxury hotel in amixed-use, master condominium project in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mr. Cohn counsels borrower clients on alternative financing structuresavailable to minimize mortgage taxes in the District of Columbia, Maryland andVirginia.

Mr. Cohn's lending practice includes the representation of lenders and loanservicers in commercial loan workouts and foreclosures in the District ofColumbia, Maryland and Virginia. For several years he authored the foreclosurechapter of the District of Columbia Practice Manual published by the District ofColumbia Bar Association.

Prior to joining Holland Knight in 2001, Mr. Cohn was a partner in aleading real estate firm based in Washington, D.C., where he practiced since1988. Mr. Cohn served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lawrence F. Rodowsky ofthe Maryland Court of Appeals in 1985-1986.