Lowell Willinger

About Lowell

Lowell D. Willinger became of counsel to N.W. Bernstein & Associates, LLC in 2003, having previously been engaged in the practice of real estate law in New York City for Proskauer Rose LLP for almost 20 years, concentrating on real estate finance and development and commercial and office leasing. Among numerous other financing and sale and purchase transactions, he negotiated and closed a $45 million mortgage loan refinancing of a residential condominium in lower Manhattan, negotiated a sale/leaseback financing involving a major retailer's headquarters building, and closed the sale by a syndicated limited partnership of a large retailer's leased property. Mr. Willinger has also represented property owners in connection with securitized loans, negotiating the mortgages and collateral assignments, guaranties, indemnity agreements, reserve and lockbox agreements and legal opinions in connection with these transactions. In 1986 he was one of the first two senior counsel elected at the Proskauer firm. He has aided in the representation of numerous syndicated limited partnerships in transactions involving the ownership, sale and financing of major office buildings and shopping center projects throughout the country.

• Bar Association

  He is a Member of the New York City Bar Association, having previously been on the Committee on Real Property Law, as well as the joint subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association which formulated the Cooperative and Condominium Mediation Project. He helped prepare a model form of office lease and commentary on a form of retail lease in New York City on behalf of the Committee on Real Property Law; he also helped prepare a model form of Intercreditor Agreement as well as model forms of contract of sale and ground lease.