Steven R. Ebert

Steven R. Ebert, a Partner at Cassin & Cassin LLP, has significant experience in real estate, finance and general business transactions. Mr. Ebert represents commercial and investment banks, landlords in the acquisition, financing, disposition, and leasing of commercial and residential real estate and loan sellers and government agencies in the securitization of mortgage backed and other asset backed securities. Furthermore, he has a strong background in affordable housing transactions, such as HDFC and HPD subsidized co-op apartments, and advises on sophisticated tax driven transactions, including IRC Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges, for investors and FIRPTA matters for international clients.

Additionally, Mr. Ebert has broad experience with corporate matters such as key commercial contract negotiation, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) primarily with privately held middle-market companies and their owners, and general business matters. He is able to service a variety of legal corporate support needs to private companies that do not have an inside general counsel or legal department.

Prior to joining Cassin, Mr. Ebert was a Partner at Barton LLP, Ebert Lontok (formerly Ebert & Associates, LLC), a real estate boutique firm he founded in 2003, as well as with the law firms of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Arent Fox. Before Mr. Ebert started his legal career, he served as a consultant to the Director of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia and worked on economic development programs, real estate tax abatement programs and analyzed business competitiveness factors between major municipalities across the United States.

Mr. Ebert received his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Masters in Governmental Administration from the Fels Center of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. He is admitted to practice in the States of New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. Mr. Ebert is a former co-host of “Eye on Real Estate,” a weekly radio show on AM970, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers (2014-present) and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service.