Jack Fersko is a partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP.  A leader of the firm’s real estate practice, his experience gives him a highly analytical perspective on transactions and the ability to pinpoint the significant business and legal issues that are critical to a client’s success.  Jack focuses primarily on industrial, commercial and retail real estate activities, with a particular concentration on the acquisition, disposition and leasing of industrial properties, development and redevelopment projects, financing, landlord-tenant issues, and solar energy initiatives. He has notable expertise related to the impact of environmental laws on commercial real estate deals and the successful negotiation of real estate agreements involving complex environmental transactional issues that impact both pre- and post-closing rights and obligations and related insurance agreements. Clients seeking representation in sophisticated transactions – such as large-scale acquisitions, specialized assets or highly technical facilities such as data centers, mixed-use multi-class developments, or deals requiring complex financing structures utilizing a layered capital stack – leverage his depth of knowledge and pragmatic approach to deal-making to realize both short-term goals and long-range business objectives. 

Highly regarded for his business insight and legal acumen by real estate developers, REITs, commercial and industrial property owners/operators, commercial tenants, hospitals and healthcare systems, and real estate entrepreneurs and investors, Jack is a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He serves on the IOREBA Executive Committee, has held numerous leadership positions in CREDA (formerly NAIOP) on both the national and NJ chapter levels, and has lead a variety of committees and task forces as a member of both the American and New Jersey State Bar Associations. He is the editor of, and a contributor to, the two-volume treatise “Commercial Real Estate Transactions in New Jersey” (NJICLE), the author of the environmental insurance chapter of “Brownfields – A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property” (ABA), and a contributor on environmental issues in sales and leases in the “Commercial Real Estate Transactions Handbook” (Wolters Kluwer).  He graduated from Marietta College and received his J.D. from Ohio Northern University.

Firm Overview

The firm, which marked its 100th anniversary in 2014, serves a broad range of local, regional and national clients with interests in New Jersey and surrounding areas. Client trust and loyalty is earned through sophisticated, creative and cost-effective representation, proactive legal strategies, attention to detail and relationship-oriented service. Seven main departments and numerous interdisciplinary practice groups create an integrated service profile that meets the needs of entrepreneurs, small and mid-sized businesses, larger entities and individuals alike.