Biography

Mr. Pearlstein is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Boston office concentrating his practice in the representation of banks, financial institutions, businesses, real estate owners and developers involved in complex commercial real estate and financial transactions involving multi-family, hotel, shopping center, retail, office and industrial properties. His areas of emphasis include:

• Representing conduit lenders in commercial real estate financings on a nationwide basis in connection with securitized loan programs.
• Representing financial institutions (including investment banks, hedge funds, banks and insurance companies) in construction, bridge, and permanent financings, mezzanine and A/B tiered structures, leasehold financings, capital markets loans, preferred equity structures, participations and syndicated facilities, acquisition and disposition of loans (collateralized or unsecured), and other structured finance transactions.
• Representing financial institutions, special servicers and other entities in the restructuring, work out and foreclosure of real estate loans.
• Representing individuals, corporations and other entities in all aspects of the development or rehabilitation of real estate and condominium projects (including zoning, permitting, environmental and title matters).
• Representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease transactions involving all types of real estate.
• Providing counsel to condominium associations in all aspects of condominium law.
• Representing sellers and buyers in connection with the acquisition and disposition of all types of commercial real estate, including 1031 exchanges.

Mr. Pearlstein is AV rated in Martindale Hubbell.

Education

J.D., Temple University
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• Massachusetts