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March 30, 2007
PRESS RELEASE: Richard G. Leland to Join Fried Frank’s Real Estate Practice
BusinessWire.com
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Richard G. Leland will be joining the firm as a partner in the Real Estate Department, resident in New York. He joins Fried Frank from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, where he was chair of the Environmental Department.
Mr. Leland is an environmental lawyer and litigator, specializing in the environmental aspects of real estate development and land use. His clients include real estate developers, non-profit organizations, and public authorities. He has represented New York State in the nation’s first privatization of a federal and state owned airport in upstate New York and has assisted major New York City developers, cultural, and educational institutions in environmental impact reviews for real estate developments. He presently represents Forest City Ratner in connection with litigation relating to the Atlantic Yards Development in Brooklyn, Columbia University in connection with a major expansion and the joint venture between The Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust that is the designated developer for the Moynihan Station project in connection with environmental reviews of that project. He has also represented developers, municipalities, and public authorities in a variety of zoning matters and litigation arising from zoning determinations in suburban counties in the New York metropolitan area.
Posted by lumi at March 30, 2007 6:36 AM