Skip to Footer Search Menu CLIENTS PEOPLE CAPABILITIES EVIDENCE HOME CAPABILITIES LITIGATION REAL ESTATE Real Estate Resolving Disputes in the Real Estate and Hospitality Industries Kasowitz’s Real Estate Litigation team has successfully handled a wide variety of real estate and hotel-related litigation matters, including partnership and joint venture disputes, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims, air rights and development rights disputes, investigations, foreclosures, workouts and other restructurings. We focus on achieving our client’s specific goals, whether by negotiating a resolution, preparing for possible litigation, or litigating a case through discovery and trial. We regularly represent developers, real estate investment trusts (REITs), borrowers, lenders, institutional and individual investors, majority and minority partners, and hotel owners, operators, and managers. Our clients include Blackstone Group, Morgans Hotel Group, The Related Companies, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, Hilton Worldwide, The Jack Parker Corporation, a joint venture between Atlas Capital Group, The Procaccianti Group and Rockpoint Group, Fremont Realty Group, Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, The Related Group, InterContinental Hotel Group, Fortress Investment Group, SL Green, LaQuinta Hotels, LXR Luxury Resorts and JD Carlisle Development. Our real estate litigation team is ranked Band 1 in New York by Chambers USA. Our partners are recognized for being leaders in their field by publications including Chambers, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, National Law Journal, Crain’s New York Business and Real Estate Weekly, among many others. Work Highlights 111 West 57th Property Owner BD Hotels and Chelsea Hotel Owner LLC Beverly Hills Unified School District DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners JDS Development National Developer JLL Bridgeton Holdings An International Hotel Company The Related Companies (Hudson Yards) The Related Companies (Snowmass) AAI Morgans Hotel Group Principal of Maximus Partners Alex Hotel and Flatotel Majority Owner of Aman Resorts ICON Brickell Towers and Viceroy Hotel Savoy Hotel New York Power Authority MEDIA Kasowitz Settles Payment Guaranty Lawsuit against Shopping Mall Developer NOVEMBER 22, 2021 Kasowitz Receives 31 National and Metropolitan Rankings in the U.S. News 2022 Best Law Firms List NOVEMBER 04, 2021 Kasowitz Secures Dismissal of Federal RICO Suit Brought By More Than 200 Plaintiffs against The Manhattan Club and Affiliates OCTOBER 07, 2021 Law360 Names Jennifer S. Recine 2021 MVP for Real Estate SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 Jennifer S. Recine to Speak at Benchmark Women in Litigation Forum SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 IFLR1000 Recognizes Kasowitz as a Leading Law Firm for Restructuring and Insolvency and Real Estate SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 Kasowitz Represents Owners of Staten Island Yankees in Winding Down Operation of Richmond County Ballpark SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 The National Law Journal Names Paul “Tad” M. O’Connor III and Jennifer S. Recine Real Estate Trailblazers SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 Kasowitz Prevails Again on Motion to Dismiss Re-filed Claims against Celebrity Real Estate Broker Ryan Serhant JULY 13, 2021 Kasowitz Secures All Proceeds from Court-ordered Sale of Luxury Miami Beach Condo for Estate of Duane Wilder, Prominent Steel Industry Executive JUNE 22, 2021 Show more CONTACTS Paul "Tad" M. O'Connor III PARTNER / NEW YORK View full bio Jennifer S. Recine PARTNER / NEW YORK View full bio VIEW ALL REAL ESTATE LITIGATION LAWYERS They are clearly among the elite real estate litigation firms in the city; their reputation alone gets the other side's attention. Client quote in Chambers MEDIA The National Law Journal Names Paul “Tad” M. O’Connor III and Jennifer S. Recine Real Estate Trailblazers September 13, 2021 Kasowitz Benson Torres real estate litigation partners Paul “Tad” M. O’Connor III and Jennifer S. Recine have been named Real Estate Trailblazers in recognition of their cutting-edge work and successes handling a wide variety of real estate and hotel-related litigation matters on both the plaintiff and defense side, including partnership and joint venture disputes, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims, air rights and development rights disputes. READ STORY MEDIA Kasowitz Partner Jennifer S. Recine Wins Summary Judgment Dismissal for Owners of Historic Hotel Chelsea May 27, 2020 Kasowitz Benson Torres partner Jennifer S. Recine, on behalf of the owners of the iconic Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan, secured dismissal of a lawsuit by a vocal minority of long-term tenants seeking to halt all renovation of the historic property, modify the Certificate of Occupancy to prohibit the use of the building as a hotel and permanently convert it to solely residential use. READ STORY MEDIA Webinar: Liability Issues After the Quarantine: Risks for Building Owners and Building Operators June 10, 2020 Kasowitz Benson Torres partners Paul M. “Tad” O’Connor III and Jessica Taub Rosenberg will be featured speakers on “Liability Issues After the Quarantine: Risks for Building Owners and Building Operators,” a webinar hosted by Practising Law Institute. READ STORY MEDIA Kasowitz Wins Appellate Victory for Real Estate Developer JDS September 05, 2019 Kasowitz Benson Torres obtained a significant appellate victory on August 30, 2019, for client JDS Development, a leading real estate development and construction firm. READ STORY HOME CAPABILITIES LITIGATION REAL ESTATE SITEMAP DISCLAIMER ATTORNEY ADVERTISING PRIVACY ACCESSIBILITY FIND US LINKEDIN TWITTER Back to top