With over 20 years of experience as an attorney at Am Law 200 and Global 200 law firms and 13 years of experience as an in-house regional leasing director for McArthur/Glen Group, Konover Property Trust, and Nine West Shoes, Sandra brings an exceptionally deep and nuanced understanding of how to effectively negotiate and close transactions for her clients while providing economic insights into the transactions. Known as being tenacious and focused, she tactfully negotiates to provide her clients with successful results in an efficient manner.
Sandra represents landlords and tenants, real estate developers, embassies, hotels, not-for profit institutions, and REITs in retail, office, hotel, and multifamily real estate transactions, including landlord and tenant leasing matters, acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties; hospitality, financing, including note sales and general foreclosure matters, and related corporate matters.
Sandra represents public and private for-profit and not-for-profit clients on a wide range of single-asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, including multi-state hotel and assisted living portfolios, urban and suburban office buildings, bank and retail pad sites, strip and enclosed mall shopping centers, and charter schools. She also represents clients in like-kind exchanges and financing matters related to real estate assets, including multifamily, office, and retail centers.
Building on her background as a regional leasing director, Sandra has extensive experience representing several of the largest national and international shopping center and office developers, landlords, and tenants in leasing transactions related to properties in the United States, Canada, China, and Romania.
During the Great Recession, Sandra received an appointment to the FDIC as Counsel to the Contracting and Risk Management Unit of the Legal Divisions. In this role, she received numerous awards for her negotiating skills.