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Biography
Marc N. Epstein joined Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP in 1988 and is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate practice group. He has extensive experience counseling owners, developers, and investors in, as well as structuring transactions for, all types of matters pertaining to real estate. These include the acquisition, financing, and disposition of office buildings; the consolidation of private real estate holding companies; the acquisition of such holding companies by a public real estate investment trust; and the formation and initial public offering of related real estate entities.
Mr. Epstein also advises clients with regard to the structuring and negotiation of various agreements involving real estate development and operation, such as design and construction agreements, development agreements, and management/leasing agreements. He has been involved with numerous development projects across the country, including hotel, retail, office, residential, industrial, transportation, museum and entertainment projects. Mr. Epstein has negotiated well over a billion dollars worth of design, engineering, and construction contracts.
Marc and his wife, Bonnie, have three children: Blair, Brett, and Ginger. Marc enjoys golf and physical conditioning. He also has been involved in a local youth baseball program that makes team memberships available to children who might otherwise not be able to afford such activities.
Education & Honors
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1981
Texas Tech University School of Law, cum laude, 1984
Order of the Coif
Admission & Affiliations
Oklahoma, 1984
Texas, 1988
Member, State Bar of Texas
Urban Land Institute
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Significant Matters
Represented investor in the acquisition, financing, and ultimate disposition of several flagship office buildings in New York City
Provided representation in the consolidation of a private real estate holding company and subsequent acquisition of such holding company by a public real estate investment trust
Provided representation in the formation and initial public offering of a number of currently traded realty companies
Represented owner/developer in connection with the negotiation and preparation of design, engineering, and construction agreements for a premier performing arts facility valued at the time of construction in excess of $60,000,000
Represented the owner/developer in connection with the negotiation and preparation of design, engineering, and construction agreements for a museum reviewed as a "temple of modern art," valued at the time of construction in excess of $65,000,000
Publications & Speeches
Co-Author and Lecturer, "Construction Insurance Issues Affecting the Owner/Lender: Does Your Contract Have You Covered?," University of Texas School of Law and the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association - 27th Annual Mortgage Lending Institute, 1993
Lecturer, "Insurance and Insurance Provisions in Leases," Southern Methodist University School of Law - Real Estate Law: Leases in Depth, 1993
Co-Author and Lecturer, "The AIA Construction Documents - Protecting the Owner's Interest" State Bar of Texas - Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, 1993
Co-Author, "Owner's Counsel Reviews (And Suggest Changes to) the New (1987) AIA General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (Parts 1, 2 and 3)," Vol. 5, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Nos. 2, 3, and 4, March, May, July 1989
Lecturer, School of Architecture and Business, University of Oklahoma, 1986 and 1987
Lecturer, "Legal Remedies for Contractors,"
Construction and Financial Management Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1987 |
