He practices corporate law, with an emphasis on the formation, financing, structuring and general representation of joint ventures which acquire, finance and develop real estate in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America, and other structured real estate investments, including the representation of promoters, institutional investors, structured lenders and other investors in real estate-related assets. Mr. Pierson received a J.D., magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1996, where he served as an editor of the Law Review, and a B.A., cum laude, in Government from St. Lawrence University in 1990.