2010 Real Estate Practice Group and the Association of Corporate Counsel Greater New York Chapter Client CLE Seminar and Practice Group Meeting 

Location: New York City

Hosted by: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Date: February 11-12, 2010

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Please Note: Cancellation - For a full refund, notification must be received by February 2, 2010.
 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11
4:00 p.m.	Check-In
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Association of Corporate Counsel’s Greater New York Chapter Program Opportunities and Challenges for Corporate Real Estate in 2010:   Economic Development Incentives: How to Identify, Qualify For & Retain Incentives (and manage clawbacks) Panelists: Steven Polivy of Akerman Senterfitt (Lex Mundi member firm for Florida), Avi Schick of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP (Lex Mundi member firm for Illinois) and Sarah Roberts, Vice President of Real Estate at FINRA. The Lease Meets Financial Challenges – Downsizing & Insolvencies and the Effect on Landlords, Tenants and Lenders Panelists: Robin Levitt Topol of Butzel Long (Lex Mundi member firm for Michigan), Lawrence Reilly of Day Pitney LLP (Lex Mundi member firm for New Jersey), Andy Weiner of Morrison & Foerster LLP (Lex Mundi member firm for California) and Karen Farnsworth Einsidler, Vice President of Investment and Real Estate Counsel for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.   *This session will be worth 2 CLE credits.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Cocktail Reception at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP With the Association of Corporate Counsel Memebers
7:30 p.m.	Practice Group No-Host Dinner
	Join your Lex Mundi colleagues for dinner at Oceana.  Sixth Avenue to the East, and 49th Street to the North, the new Oceana is more generous in both space and menu offerings, making the innovative seafood cuisine of Chef Pollinger available to the broadest possible audience. "The way our menu is constructed, with composed dishes as the heart and soul, and simply prepared daily offerings and whole fish to round it out, I can buy the freshest seafood on a whim, or I can shop the Farmer's markets, and then create dishes for the menu spontaneously, or feature great ingredients on their own. This combination of menu offerings is the goal, the dream, of every chef." *Dinner is included in the registration fee.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Welcome and Self Introductions
	Nancy Little, Partner at McGuireWoods LLP and Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group will open the meeting and welcome participants.  Each participant will then have an opportunity to make a brief introduction describing his or her firm's real estate practice, his or her own practice, types of clients and/or main clients.
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Client Panel
	This session is intended to have a guest speaker either from a financial institution, a real estate fund, a developing company or someone who has experience in international finance.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Facilitated Marketing and Business Development Discussion and Action Plan
	Attendees will then take part in a group discussion regarding the potential for business development activities for the practice group and build upon what was discussed at the 2009 meeting.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Closing