Saree R. Ptak is a partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice.
Saree represents owners, developers, investors, family-owned real estate businesses and institutions in their commercial real estate transactions, as well as lenders in their financing matters. Saree also works with coop and condo boards and owners in financing, renovations and transfers.
Her experience spanning acquisition, disposition, development, leasing and strategy planning has led to her handling numerous complex office, retail, industrial and residential mixed use projects. Her deep experience in acquisitions, construction, and mezzanine financing, uniquely qualifies her to help clients navigate through complex business and legal issues.
Her corporate practice primarily focuses on small to midsize privately held businesses. She serves as general counsel, handling matters as diverse as negotiating and executing operational and transactional documents, to evaluating and resolving potential disputes and litigation matters.
Saree also represents retailers, manufacturers, and distributors in all aspects of their businesses.
- New York
- An international distributor in the branding and distribution of a new line of soft drinks in the Middle East
- Developers in ground-up projects that run the gamut from land acquisition and negotiating and drafting construction contracts to financing and lease drafting
- An international developer in leasing malls overseas
- A consortium of real estate investors in negotiating and drafting construction contracts for the rehabilitation of an industrial warehouse into lofts
- A supermarket chain in a refinancing
- Negotiated and drafted leases for retail, industrial and office space in New York and New Jersey

