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Sarah's practice focuses on the areas of commercial real estate, commercial lending and municipal finance. She has experience representing commercial buyers and sellers in all phases of real property transactions, including negotiating contracts, coordinating financing and examining title. Sarah also represents commercial lenders on construction and commercial loans. She has worked on a variety of public finance transactions, including financings for universities, not-for-profit human service organizations, housing authorities, and schools.

Sarah has experience in the sale of conservation easements for the preservation of agricultural property and protection of watersheds, together with the grant programs often utilized for these sales. She has counseled clients in tax-deferred 1031 exchanges of real property, including in connection with the sale of conservation easements. Additionally, Sarah has worked with clients in the purchase of Brownfield sites and has also represented developers in obtaining planning board and zoning board of appeals approvals.

  • Listed in:
    • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
    • New York Real Estate Journal, 2017 Women in Professional Services
  • New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law and Real Property Committees
  • Albany County Bar Association
  • Justinian Honorary Law Society
  • Order of the Coif
  • Associate Editor, Syracuse Law Review
  • Phi Beta Kappa

  • Bank’s counsel on loans of $10,500,000 and $13,260,000, each to multiple borrowers, secured by facilities in multiple locations in one state and cross-collateralized by facilities in multiple locations in another state.
  • Lender’s attorney on three loans ranging from $36,600,000 to $45,355,000 for student housing projects in three states, each of which also secured the other loans.
  • Non-profit’s counsel on acquisition of real estate, renovations of buildings and bond financings in amounts of $25,240,000, $10,000,000 and $2,500,000.
  • Bank’s attorney on acquisition, construction and bridge loans ranging from $3,530,000 to $8,700,000 for multi-family housing projects, including luxury apartments and projects subject to low income housing restrictions.
  • Lender’s counsel on loans in amounts of $26,000,000, $2,475,000 and $1,155,000 for the redevelopment of retail shopping center.
  • Purchaser’s counsel on purchase of real estate portfolio with 24 commercial properties and purchase price of $57,000,000 and associated assignment of portions of purchase contract as well as financing.

  • Chair, Board of Directors, Mohawk Hudson Humane Society