Stanley Schwartz has more than 35 years of experience counseling clients across a broad spectrum of complex transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate development projects, and debt and equity financing.
Throughout his career, Stan has worked with publicly traded companies, many prominent real estate developers in the New York region and other major privately held businesses, guiding them over the life cycle of their businesses to the successful conclusion of their most significant corporate events.
Stan was law clerk to Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub, Supreme Court of New Jersey, from 1969-1970.
- Cornell Law School, J.D., 1969, with distinction
- Lafayette College, A.B., cum laude, 1966
- New Jersey, 1969
- New York, 1981
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey
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OLSS Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America Rankings
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Recognition by Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition
- Lead counsel in numerous acquisitions and dispositions of businesses
- Complex developmental real estate projects
- Outside counsel for many years to regional bank on equipment leasing transaction
- General counsel to major business with sales exceeding $500 million
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- Acquisitions and dispositions of businesses
- Purchases and sales of commercial real estate
- Real estate leases
- Real estate “joint ventures”
- Financing transactions, including asset-based lending, equipment leasing and unsecured loans
- Venture capital transactions
- Securitizations
- Corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies
- Private placements and syndications
- Roll-up transactions
- Business counseling
- General counsel services
- Employment agreements and executive compensation plans
- Distribution and licensing agreements
- Life insurance company matters
- Contracts of all kinds