The law firm of Zucker & Kwestel, LLP is engaged in the general practice of law, with an emphasis in the areas of Real Estate, Real Estate Lending, Mortgage Foreclosure, Commercial, Corporate, General Business and Commercial Law. The firm has locations throughout the Tri-State area with offices in New Rochelle, NY, Cedarhurst, Long Island (NY), and Teaneck, NJ.
We presently represent several major Lending institutions, including federal savings banks and several mortgage banking companies in connection with their commercial and residential mortgage lending activities. During the past several years, Zucker & Kwestel, LLP has represented its lending clients in connection with numerous loans covering such properties as office buildings, apartment buildings, single family residences, condominium units and cooperative apartments. On behalf of our clients we prepare and negotiate commercial loan commitment letters and all loan closing documentation; and review title and all other documentation underlying the loan transaction. Our commercial lending activities involve properties situated within the City of New York and counties comprising the New York metropolitan area as well as the states of New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and others.
Our firm represents its lending clients most frequently in connection with residential transactions involving purchase money mortgages, second mortgages, mortgage refinancing and equity loans. We are very familiar with customary lender requirements and procedures for both portfolio lenders and lenders active in the secondary market. Additionally, we are familiar with those lenders who grant loans to individuals without perfect credit backgrounds.
Zucker & Kwestel, LLP has also represented various lending institutions and individuals in the prosecution of hundreds of residential and commercial mortgage foreclosures in the states of New York and New Jersey. The properties which were the subject of these actions include multi‑family properties, commercial properties, mixed use properties, single family residences and cooperative apartments.
The firm has also represented foreign and domestic clients in the acquisition, sale and/or development of real property, the review and negotiation of commercial leases, the preparation of condominium offering plans, the formation of general partnerships and corporations, and the review and negotiation of contractors agreements and appearances before municipal Planning and Zoning Boards.
Additionally, we have formed a close relationship with a law firm which presently acts as general counsel to closely held corporations, partnerships and other businesses in various industries, including: real estate; construction; manufacturing; transportation; accounting; and brokerage. That firm handles all areas pertaining to general litigation. Our close relationship with this other law-firm helps provide representation of these clients and includes the preparation, review and negotiation of commercial contracts, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, contracts for the purchase and sale of businesses and general corporate.
