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IN THE CAN
July 7, 2011
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| Kasowitz has called on Wally Schwartz and wunderkind Adam Endick—both formerly of Skadden—to launch a transactional real estate practice. Legal Bisnow met with the power duo that famously repped Bank of America in the development of its $2.2B HQ at One Bryant Park. The supersized cans of whoop a-- (this way we get you to look at the pictures) are not only a reference to a memorable scene in There’s Something About Mary (Wally’s favorite movie), but an omen of what their adversaries have to look forward to, Wally jokes. They expect four to five associates to join them in short order. (Or else they open the can . . . ) |
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| With transactional real estate coming back to life after a three-year crawl, it's time to dust off their Boston Properties hardhats, deal toys from their work on Times Square Tower and 5 Times Square. Wally and Adam have been focusing more on development and leasing in the last six months and recently negotiated Morrison Foerster’s new 180k SF lease at 250 W 55th St and WilmerHale’s 210k SF at 7 World Trade Center. Just back from a jaunt to Wimbledon where he sat across from the Royal Box at a Federer match (did Kate Middleton ask for us?), Wally tells us his next trip will likely be to the Caribbean for a scuba diving adventure with his 16-year-old son. Adam, who has two young children, says he doesn’t have much time for extracurriculars, but in October, he’ll be celebrating his 40th in Napa on the Opus and Peter Michael vineyards with his wife and friends. |
