Partner helpern@thsh.com 212-508-6720
Practice Areas
Areas of Focus
- Real estate acquisitions and sales
- Real estate leasing
- Joint ventures
- Mortgage and mezzanine financing
- real estate debt restructuring
Industries
Robert E. Helpern
Partner helpern@thsh.com 212-508-6720
Practice Areas
Areas of Focus
- Real estate acquisitions and sales
- Real estate leasing
- Joint ventures
- Mortgage and mezzanine financing
- real estate debt restructuring
Industries
Robert E. Helpern
Partner helpern@thsh.com 212-508-6720
Practice Areas
Areas of Focus
- Real estate acquisitions and sales
- Real estate leasing
- Joint ventures
- Mortgage and mezzanine financing
- real estate debt restructuring
Industries
Biography
Robert E. Helpern is a founding partner of the firm's Real Estate practice. For more than thirty years, Bob has leveraged his legal experience to identify key issues and craft creative solutions for clients including real estate funds, banks, developers, owners of commercial and multi-family properties, and tenants. Bob has been involved in acquisitions and sales, leasing, joint ventures, mortgage and mezzanine financing, and restructuring of debt. Representative clients include one of the largest owner/developers of shopping centers in the United States, one of the largest New York City hospitals, and private equity funds managed by former real estate partners from major law firms.
Bob has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® for the New York Metro Areas, beginning in 2006 through 2024, each year that selections were made.
New York University School of Law (J.D.)
- Honors: Editor, Law Review
Brown University (B.A.)
- New York
- Best Lawyers®, Real Estate Law (2018-2024)
- Super Lawyers® New York Metro Area, Real Estate; Business & Corporate; Closely Held Business (2006-2024)
- Avenue Magazine's Legal Elites, Real Estate (2012)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
Professional:
- New York State Bar Association, Committee on Financing and Liens (1984 1992)
- Board of Advisors, Furman Institute for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University School of Law
Civic:
- Trustee of National Jewish Health
- Member of the Board of the Fund to Cure Asthma
- Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Five Towns United Way
- Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of The Seawane Club
Case Studies
Publications
- Borrower’s Approach to The Real Estate Mortgage Loan Workout
- New York State Passes Good Cause Eviction Law, Redefining the Meaning of Free Market Apartment Rentals
- The “Art” of Negotiating a Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Loan Term Sheet
- Proposed Tax on Real Estate Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity Financing…Once Again.
- Proposed Tax on Mezzanine Financing Extends its Reach to Preferred Equity
- Corporate Transparency Act Imposes New Compliance Obligations on Real Estate Investors
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 2 of 2
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 1 of 2
- Update to Summary of Legislative Relief for Tenants and Mortgage Borrowers in New York State in Response to COVID-19
- Summary of Legislative Relief for Tenants and Mortgage Borrowers in New York State in Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19 Rent Relief: The Anticipated "Commercial Lease Workout"
- Proposed NYS Legislation May Increase the Cost of Mezzanine Financing
- Real Estate Transfer Tax and Mansion Tax Rates
News
- Super Lawyers® Names 36 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys in 2024 New York City Metro Rankings • 10.24.2024
- Best Lawyers® Recognizes 24 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys in 2025 New York City Metro Rankings • 08.15.2024
- Best Lawyers® Ranks 13 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys to 2023 New York City Metro Rankings • 08.17.2022
- 35 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys recognized in Super Lawyers 2020 • 10.29.2020
- Best Lawyers 2021 recognizes 13 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys • 08.26.2020
- Tannenbaum Helpern Receives National Top Tier Ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ 2020 “Best Law Firms” List • 12.05.2019
- 30 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys recognized in Super Lawyers 2019 • 10.17.2019
- Best Lawyers 2020 recognizes nine Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys • 08.22.2019
- 26 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys recognized in the 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list • 10.22.2018
- Eight Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys selected to The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 • 08.20.2018
- Tannenbaum Helpern Named Leading Real Estate Law Firm • 10.12.2017
- 27 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Recognized In The 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers List • 09.20.2017
- Eight Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Included In The Best Lawyers In America© 2018 List • 08.17.2017
- 28 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Selected To The 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers List • 09.27.2016
- Tannenbaum Helpern Recognized As 2016 Top 40 Leading Real Estate Law Firm • 09.08.2016
- 27 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Selected To The 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers List • 09.17.2015
- Tannenbaum Helpern Recognized As Top Ranked US Law Firm • 04.13.2015
- Tannenbaum Helpern’s Client’s Purchase Of Long Island College Hospital Ranked Among The Top 3 Real Estate Development Deals In 2014 By The Real Deal • 01.13.2015
- 34 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Have Been Selected To The 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers List, Including Two Commercial Litigators In The Top 100 Super Lawyers List • 10.08.2014
- THSH Recognized In Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Avenue Magazine, Fortune, Lawyers World, The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel • 10.02.2012
- 18 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys On The New York Metro Super Lawyers 2011 List • 10.25.2011
Robert E. Helpern is a founding partner of the firm's Real Estate practice. For more than thirty years, Bob has leveraged his legal experience to identify key issues and craft creative solutions for clients including real estate funds, banks, developers, owners of commercial and multi-family properties, and tenants. Bob has been involved in acquisitions and sales, leasing, joint ventures, mortgage and mezzanine financing, and restructuring of debt. Representative clients include one of the largest owner/developers of shopping centers in the United States, one of the largest New York City hospitals, and private equity funds managed by former real estate partners from major law firms.
Bob has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® for the New York Metro Areas, beginning in 2006 through 2024, each year that selections were made.
New York University School of Law (J.D.)
- Honors: Editor, Law Review
Brown University (B.A.)
- New York
- Best Lawyers®, Real Estate Law (2018-2024)
- Super Lawyers® New York Metro Area, Real Estate; Business & Corporate; Closely Held Business (2006-2024)
- Avenue Magazine's Legal Elites, Real Estate (2012)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
Professional:
- New York State Bar Association, Committee on Financing and Liens (1984 1992)
- Board of Advisors, Furman Institute for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University School of Law
Civic:
- Trustee of National Jewish Health
- Member of the Board of the Fund to Cure Asthma
- Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Five Towns United Way
- Former Member of the Board of Directors and President of The Seawane Club
- Borrower’s Approach to The Real Estate Mortgage Loan Workout
- New York State Passes Good Cause Eviction Law, Redefining the Meaning of Free Market Apartment Rentals
- The “Art” of Negotiating a Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Loan Term Sheet
- Proposed Tax on Real Estate Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity Financing…Once Again.
- Proposed Tax on Mezzanine Financing Extends its Reach to Preferred Equity
- Corporate Transparency Act Imposes New Compliance Obligations on Real Estate Investors
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 2 of 2
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 1 of 2
- Update to Summary of Legislative Relief for Tenants and Mortgage Borrowers in New York State in Response to COVID-19
- Summary of Legislative Relief for Tenants and Mortgage Borrowers in New York State in Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19 Rent Relief: The Anticipated "Commercial Lease Workout"
- Proposed NYS Legislation May Increase the Cost of Mezzanine Financing
- Real Estate Transfer Tax and Mansion Tax Rates
- Super Lawyers® Names 36 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys in 2024 New York City Metro Rankings • 10.24.2024
- Best Lawyers® Recognizes 24 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys in 2025 New York City Metro Rankings • 08.15.2024
- Best Lawyers® Ranks 13 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys to 2023 New York City Metro Rankings • 08.17.2022
- 35 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys recognized in Super Lawyers 2020 • 10.29.2020
- Best Lawyers 2021 recognizes 13 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys • 08.26.2020
- Tannenbaum Helpern Receives National Top Tier Ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ 2020 “Best Law Firms” List • 12.05.2019
- 30 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys recognized in Super Lawyers 2019 • 10.17.2019
- Best Lawyers 2020 recognizes nine Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys • 08.22.2019
- 26 Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys recognized in the 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list • 10.22.2018
- Eight Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys selected to The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 • 08.20.2018
- Tannenbaum Helpern Named Leading Real Estate Law Firm • 10.12.2017
- 27 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Recognized In The 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers List • 09.20.2017
- Eight Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Included In The Best Lawyers In America© 2018 List • 08.17.2017
- 28 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Selected To The 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers List • 09.27.2016
- Tannenbaum Helpern Recognized As 2016 Top 40 Leading Real Estate Law Firm • 09.08.2016
- 27 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Selected To The 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers List • 09.17.2015
- Tannenbaum Helpern Recognized As Top Ranked US Law Firm • 04.13.2015
- Tannenbaum Helpern’s Client’s Purchase Of Long Island College Hospital Ranked Among The Top 3 Real Estate Development Deals In 2014 By The Real Deal • 01.13.2015
- 34 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys Have Been Selected To The 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers List, Including Two Commercial Litigators In The Top 100 Super Lawyers List • 10.08.2014
- THSH Recognized In Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Avenue Magazine, Fortune, Lawyers World, The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel • 10.02.2012
- 18 Tannenbaum Helpern Attorneys On The New York Metro Super Lawyers 2011 List • 10.25.2011