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Catherine Andreycak
joined the firm as a partner in 1998, after serving as counsel to the
New York City firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Ms. Andreycak
has over twenty years of experience in real estate, corporate and commercial
law, representing a broad range of private and commercial developers,
investors and institutions in all types of transactions, including complex
conveyancing and leasing, as well as construction and permanent financing.
She has represented developers, financial and other institutions, municipalities
and individuals in the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, subdivisions
and vacant land for development, shopping centers and multi-family residential
properties; the purchase and sale of business assets and stock transactions;
the formation and dissolution of corporate entities and the creation of
joint ventures for the development of properties; the leasing of office,
industrial and retail space; and the drafting and negotiation of design
and construction agreements. She has also represented developers in the
formation of condominiums and homeowners’ associations and has represented
condominium and homeowners’ associations in the management and operation
of their properties. In the area of financing, Ms. Andreycak has represented
both borrowers and commercial lenders in a broad range of construction
and permanent loans and in connection with the refinancing and restructuring
of existing loans. She has experience in the structuring of financing
for affordable housing, having represented lenders in connection with
construction and permanent financing for low and moderate income housing
projects. Ms. Andreycak has advised many not-for-profit organizations,
including foundations, religious institutions, a major wildlife conservation
organization and a theatre company in the purchase, sale and financing
of property (including obtaining any required court approvals in connection
with such transactions) and in drafting and negotiation agreements for
the design and construction of their facilities, including major exhibition
spaces, and for the government funding of such projects. On a more local
level, Ms. Andreycak represents many individuals throughout the region
in connection with the purchase, sale and construction of residential
properties, the granting of conservation and other easements and other
matters concerning their properties.
Ms. Andreycak resides in Pleasantville, New York, where she is active in community affairs and has served on the boards of several educational, religious and other community organizations. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and the Westchester County
“Our goal is to provide throughout our transactional practice—both
to large institutional and commercial clients and to local business owners
and individuals—a sophisticated level of knowledge and expertise,
an extensive knowledge of local requirements and market conditions and
a practical focus on getting deals done.”
