Sander Ash

Representative Client Work

• Represented a publicly held REIT in a $450 million sale/manage-back transaction of 13 hotels in six states, one Canadian province and Puerto Rico 
• Represented a tower company in connection with its acquisition of over 1,900 towers in 47 states in a single transaction
• Represented a construction lender in connection with a $144,750,000 construction loan for a mixed-use (hotel and condominium) development in White Plains, New York
• Represented a housing developer in connection with the acquisition and development of a 28-acre "for sale" component of a mixed-use, multi-developer project in Hingham, Massachusetts 
• Represented a publicly traded REIT in connection with its $455 million acquisition of a publicly traded limited partnership, which owned 5.2 million square feet of office and industrial buildings 
• Represented the owners of the Nickelodeon Family Suites Hotel in Orlando, Florida in connection with a recapitalization in which a private fund acquired a 50% interest in the hotel and its management company 
• Represented a gaming company in a $1.2 billion high-yield mortgage offering
• Represented a regional shopping center developer in connection with the issuance of $450 million of mortgage-backed pass-through certificates as part of its initial public offering
• Represented Woodward & Lothrop Incorporated in connection with its $970 million sale in bankruptcy of substantially all of its assets to the May Department Stores Company and J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1989
• Massachusetts, 1998

Speaking Engagements

• "What Every Real Estate Lawyer Needs to Know About Representations, Warranties, Indemnity Agreements & Insurance," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (May 11, 2010)
• Moderator, "Life Cycle of a Distressed Asset," Real Estate Lenders Association (RELA) (March 16, 2010) 

Professional & Civic Activities

• Boston Bar Association
• Real Estate Lenders Association
• ex officio, Real Estate Committee, Neighborhood House Charter School, Dorchester, Massachusetts
• Communications Committee, Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, Newton, Massachusetts

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1988
• B.A., magna cum laude, Brandeis University, 1985