Alan S. Cohen is a partner in the Real Estate and Credit Finance practice groups in the Firm's Business department. Mr. Cohen joined Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in February 2004, which was merged into Cooley Godward Kronish LLP in 2006. He is resident in the New York office.
Mr. Cohen handles a wide range of complex commercial real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, construction and development projects, mortgage, mezzanine and construction financings, debt workouts and restructurings, and leasing.
Mr. Cohen has extensive experience representing private equity funds, owners and developers in connection with all stages of real property investment and development - from initial property acquisition, to structuring complex joint venture and financing arrangements with institutional and private equity and debt sources, to negotiating agreements with developers, construction managers, contractors, construction lenders and other construction trade professionals. Many of these developments have included hospitality, corporate campuses and mixed-use properties. He has also represented construction lenders and owners and developers in loan workouts and restructurings.
Examples of recent real estate transactions handled by Mr. Cohen include the representation of:
- Squaw Valley Ski Corporation, the long-time owner of assets and ski operations at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe (site of the 1960 Winter Olympics), in its acquisition of The Village of Squaw Valley USA, consisting of 2 condo-hotels and commercial assets, which include 6 restaurants, 20 retail shops and a luxury spa.
- Safra National Bank of New York in its financing of the $117 million acquisition of the retail condominium unit under the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan (697 Fifth Avenue/2 East 55th Street).
- NVIDIA Corporation in its acquisition of an existing office park in Silicon Valley and the planned $1.5 billion redevelopment of its headquarters to include a 2 million square foot corporate campus.
- Caribbean Property Group, a leading real estate private equity firm, in its acquisition of The Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico, a $1 billion redevelopment with two premium hotels, four championship golf courses and nearly 1,000 luxury residential units.
Mr. Cohen also has extensive experience in the negotiation, workout and restructuring of debt financings for institutional lenders and corporate borrowers, including asset-based financings, secured financings and leveraged buyouts. He works closely with the firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring group to restructure debt, both in and outside of bankruptcy, and negotiates debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings for public and private companies. For example, Mr. Cohen recently negotiated a DIP financing for a public company debtor in the ethanol industry and advised the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in a potential DIP financing for a financial institution under its receivership.
Mr. Cohen is ranked "AV® Preeminent™" (5.0 out of 5.0) by the Peer Review Rating certification procedures used by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named as one of New York's "Super Lawyers".
Mr. Cohen earned a J.D., with high honors, from The National Law Center at George Washington University in 1986 (Order of the Coif). He received a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, in 1983 from The State University of New York at Albany, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Cohen is admitted to practice in New York.
Education- George Washington University Law School
JD, 1986, High honors - State University of New York at Albany
BA, 1983, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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- New York State Bar Association
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