Mark S. Levenson is Chair of the Real Estate Department and Chair of the Real Estate Transactions Practice Group. He also chairs the Sills Cummis & Gross Israel Business Practice Group.
Mr. Levenson handles a broad range of transactions for domestic and international clients, including traditional lending and finance, loan workouts and restructuring, acquisitions, development projects, joint venture and partnership work, office and retail leasing, corporate real estate advisory work, cannabis financing, sale/leasebacks and real estate mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Mr. Levenson has over 40 years of experience in private practice including 8 years as the senior real estate lawyer at a major financial services institution. During his 8-year tenure as in-house counsel, Mr. Levenson oversaw all domestic U.S. real estate matters and numerous worldwide real estate development and construction projects for his employer. Over the course of his career, Mr. Levenson has done extensive international work for his clients including projects in the United Kingdom (Canary Wharf), India, the Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Israel, Latin America, and France. Mr. Levenson also served as the U.S. representative for several of his international clients.