Peter Friedenberg, chair of Sherin and Lodgen LLP's real estate department, has been elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the premier association of U.S. real estate lawyers. Friedenberg is the only Mass. lawyer invited to join the organization this year.
Friedenberg maintains a broad transactional real estate practice involving the acquisition, development, ground leasing, permitting, financing, leasing, and disposition of properties.
His clients include educational institutions, nonprofit entities, public agencies and operating companies. He serves as one of only two outside real estate counsel to a Fortune 100 company regarding its national real estate facilities program. Friedenberg is also a LEED Accredited Professional.
"We are excited to have Peter's skills and accomplishments acknowledged by this prestigious organization. Peter has long been known to us and the Boston real estate community to be among the premier real estate lawyers," commented Ronald W. Ruth, managing partner. "We are fortunate to have his leadership and expertise at Sherin and Lodgen. The entire firm joins me in congratulations."
Friedenberg is a member of The Abstract Club, the Real Estate Finance Association, and the Cornell Real Estate Council. Active in the community, he serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals and in the past has served as a Town Meeting member for twenty years in Needham, Massachusetts. He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School, cum laude, and his B.A. cum laude, from the University of Rochester.
ACREL unites lawyers who have distinguished their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of real estate law. Admission is by invitation after a rigorous screening process. The organization is made up of nearly 1,000 members.
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