Starr Associates


More than 30 years of experience

More than 30 years of experience

Real Estate Law

If you own a home, lease a property, or have neighbors, real estate law impacts your life.

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Starr Associates


Starr Associates LLP is ranked at the top of New York’s pre-eminent law firms with the expertise to provide comprehensive legal representation for the real estate industry. Our attorneys are experienced advocates who fully understand the business and legal aspects of each real estate transaction. We operate the Firm as a cohesive whole, with lawyers in varying practice areas working together as multidisciplinary teams to provide full-service capabilities our clients have come to expect.

The Firm includes practice groups offering a full range of services, including condominium and cooperative offering plan registrations for newly constructed and conversion projects, vacation ownership filings, redevelopment of mixed-use commercial structures, contract drafting, negotiations and closings, cooperative and condominium board representation, litigation and dispute resolution and real estate sales, acquisitions, financing and leasing.

The Firm provides counsel to clients in all phases of the development process, from acquisition and construction, through marketing, sales, contract drafting, negotiations and closing, and ushers clients through the complex registration requirements of the New York State Department of Law. To date, attorneys at the Firm have registered projects containing in excess of 650,000 units with aggregate purchase prices of over $50 billion dollars. The Firm combines the sophistication and quality of major New York law firms with the cost-effectiveness and collegial environment of a boutique partnership.

Testimonials


“Samantha Sheeber is a partner in making transactions successful. She’s resourceful, respected, smart, funny as hell, and is swift to constantly embarrass us (and clients) because she sees the end while we all muddle in the middle. She saves time. She is selfless and fast and conscientious. She’s loyal to the notion of selflessly getting stuff done. She cultivates great talent. And she makes the process fun, even when she is mad at us for asking the same impossible question 11 times hoping for a new result (a solution for which — by the way — she often discovers).”


James Lansill
Senior Managing Director
Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group

“As an active developer in New York City, Magnum Real Estate Group is proud to have partnered with Starr Associates, LLP as our legal counsel in 5 significant projects valued at approximately $800 million. Over the last 5 years, Starr has provided us with exceptional advice on condominium Offering Plans and related transactions. Partner Samantha Sheeber, Esq. and her team have professionally guided us, and provided creative and effective solutions when needed.”


Ben Shaoul
President, Magnum Real Estate Group

“Starr Associates’ specialty in the creation and representation of condominiums is unmatched. Their knowledge, experience and professionalism in the office condominium sector is best-in-class. Starr Associates’ hard work and expertise has been critical to the success of our firm’s office condominium projects.”


Michael Rudder
Rudder Property Group