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    Adam B. Gilbert

    Partner


    • New York City
    • Office212.940.3004
    • agilbert@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Adam B. Gilbert is a litigation and trial attorney with decades of experience in the New York market.
     

    He focuses on complex commercial disputes, with a specialization in real estate litigation and real estate valuation issues in particular. 

    Practice Areas

    Complex DisputesConstruction & Real Estate LitigationArbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute ResolutionCorporate & FinanceLitigationOpportunity Zones

    My focus

    I focus on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on commercial real estate disputes, including real estate valuation matters (ground lease and space lease rent re-sets in particular), partnership disputes and complex commercial tenancy disputes.

    I have tried numerous cases to judgment during my 35 years of practice, including Bass v. Tax Commission, resulting in a $33 million judgment, and Alexander’s v. Board of Assessors, resulting in a $10 million judgment. Recently I tried a number of ground rent re-set arbitrations involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

    I routinely rely on the experience I gained while working as general counsel of a publicly traded commercial real estate and financial services company. In my five years as general counsel, I oversaw the adoption of corporate governance initiatives, played a lead role in the acquisition of companies, negotiated retention contracts for senior personnel and directed outside counsel on litigated matters. Having been in my “client’s shoes” for many years provides me with unique perspectives and insights that my clients value.

    I also spend a significant portion of my time representing clients in mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. I have conducted proceedings under the auspices of the AAA and JAMS and sometimes craft an ADR procedure tailored to a specific dispute.

    Looking ahead

    As long as long-term leases with rent renewal clauses remain and markets remain in flux, there will be multi-million dollar disputes over real estate values and the meaning of lease clauses that impact such values.

    Admitted to practice

    New York
    District of Columbia
    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
    U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
    U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
    U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
    U.S. Supreme Court

    Education

    Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
    Kenyon College, B.A., magna cum laude
    University of Chicago, Graduate Studies in Political Science

    Recognition

    • Selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 in the field of Litigation - Real Estate; listed in Best Lawyers since 2021
    • AMNY Metro and PoliticsNY Real Estate and Development Power Player (2022)

    In the News

    • Brooklyn Daily Eagle

      Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project adds two new board members

      The following coverage highlights New York City Complex Commercial Disputes partner Adam Gilbert’s appointment to the board of directors of the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, which helps provide access to justice for the borough’s indigent population.
      Aug 16, 2019
    • New York Nonprofit Media

      ICE visits a Brooklyn homeless shelter

      The following coverage highlights New York City Complex Commercial Disputes partner Adam Gilbert’s appointment to the board of directors of the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, which helps provide access to justice for the borough’s indigent population.
      Aug 15, 2019

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