Ian M. Weiskopf
Ian M. Weiskopf
Ian M. Weiskopf
Biography
Ian Weiskopf serves as the Office Managing Partner of BCLP’s New York office, where he works to support the office, including its people, clients, and overall strategic direction. In his practice, he has extensive experience representing real estate opportunity funds, institutional investors, family offices, operators, and developers in complex and varied real estate transactions. He has a broad base of knowledge in leading joint venture transactions covering multiple asset classes including office, retail, hotel, multifamily, and industrial.
As an experienced member of the U.S. real estate practice, with over two decades of substantive experience, Ian serves as a trusted advisor to a broad range of clients, guiding them through every stage of the investment lifecycle and delivering practical, business-oriented counsel from the inception of a transaction through its successful conclusion (and beyond).
Ian’s career has continually evolved, having spent the early part as a corporate generalist. This unique background allows him to approach complex matters with a comprehensive understanding of both legal and commercial considerations, delivering practical solutions that advance his clients' financial considerations and business objectives.
In addition to his role as the Office Managing Partner of BCLP’s New York office, he is also a former member of BCLP’s firmwide governing Board as well as its Compensation Committee. He also previously served as Deputy Leader of the Commercial Real Estate Group and currently serves on BCLP’s Audit and Risk Committee.
Audit and Risk Committee
Admissions
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New York, 2003
Education
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2002
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Cornell University, B.S., 1999
Related capabilities
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Real Estate
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AdTech
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PropTech
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Commercial Real Estate
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Data Centers
Experience
- Represent a real estate investment and operating platform in connection with various joint venture deals, preferred equity deals, co-investment transactions, and loan transactions as the borrower and as the lender on all asset classes across the U.S.
- Represent a New York-based real estate investment firm currently executing on opportunistic strategy focused on distressed, deep value-add, and contrarian investing in connection with various real estate investments throughout the United States.
- Represent a real estate investment firm focused on middle market multi-family and mixed-use properties throughout the New York metropolitan area in connection with drafting, negotiation, and execution of joint venture agreements regarding acquisition of property.
- Represent a global real estate investment, operating, and development company as lender in numerous real estate finance matters.
- Represent a leading alternative investment management firm in all real estate matters, specifically as they relate to joint ventures, preferred equity agreements, and loan transactions.
- Represent a New York-based, leading platform for private market investing in all real estate matters.
- Represent a lender specializing in historic tax credit transactions in connection with lending matters, fund formation, and joint ventures.
- Represent a real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition of 51 hotels located in 21 states through a joint venture with the then borrower/operator to purchase the defaulted mortgage loan on the portfolio and the simultaneous acquisition of title to each of the hotels through a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure process established under an existing settlement agreement.
- Represent a real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition of an office building in Irvine, California involving a joint venture with an operating partner, the modification of the existing mortgage loan and coordination with and among the seller, receiver, special servicer and mezzanine lender.
- Represent a real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition of a retail shopping center in Malibu, California involving a joint venture with an operating partner and an acquisition loan.
- Represent a real estate opportunity fund in a joint venture for the development of a major hotel and gaming complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- Represent a real estate opportunity fund in a joint venture for the development of a 400-room hotel in Oklahoma and providing the related financing for the expansion of an adjacent gaming facility operated by a federal Indian tribe - which is now one of the largest casino complexes in the United States.
Resources
Speaking engagements
- Panelist, "Joint Venture Best Practices for Operating Agreements, Structures & Beyond," 17th Annual Forum on U.S. Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing, June 13, 2016, New York, NY
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