Warren Kirshenbaum

Manage all aspects of business with 6 employees that provides tax credit consulting, syndication, brokerage, arbitrage, and market-making services to real estate developers, owners, and small businesses. We generally are active in markets that trade state and federal tax credits in the environmental remediation, historic rehabilitation, and renewable energy areas. www.cherrytree-group.com www.linkedin.com/company/cherrytree-group

Local Rotary Club focused on charitable service in Sharon, Massachusetts and other regional communities.

Non-profit, Town appointed intrumentality dedicated to serving the interests of the Town in achieving affordable housing; administering affordable housing lotteries, and assisting the Town in the process involved in 40B and 40R projects.

I focused on sophisticated commercial real estate, both tax-advantaged and market rate, construction and development representations, and advising small businesses.

The JCAM Charitable Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that supports the mission of the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts in providing for the maintenance, restoration, and continuity of Jewish cemeteries. It is further dedicated to the development, investment and disbursement of charitable funds for educational and historical purposes as well as community human needs projects and programs as they relate to end of life issues and Jewish burial practices. JCAM has grown to own or manage more than 100 cemeteries throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in its 20+ year history.

I focused my practice in Real Estate law concentrating on complex commercial real estate transactions involving rent-restricted and market rate apartment buildings, retail commercial developments and renewable energy developments. I worked in the areas of development, construction and management of commercial real estate in affordable housing, retail and commercial market-rate development, affordable assisted living, and renewable energy, Brownfield’s and real estate finance. My experience is rooted in large-scale multifamily apartment complexes utilizing tax credit equity, municipal bond funding, HUD backed below-market interest rate financing, tax exempt bond financing, construction or pre-development loans, permanent financing, renewable energy production tax credits, clean renewable energy bonds, and industrial development bonds.

Created and managed 4 person legal department for company that developed, constructed, and managed apartment complexes for low-income families and seniors in TX, CO and NV. Advised Directors, served on Executive Committee. Managed outside counsel, handled the closing of over $300 million in financing transactions annually, including tax credit financing and syndicating, municipal bond, mezzanine, bridge loan, pre-development financings, and letter of credit issues. Worked on corporate governance & compliance issues, structuring of real estate partnerships, corporate reorganization, workouts, asset purchases, private placements, management and filing of intellectual property, litigation support, commercial real estate transactions, land-use issues, worked with developers on local government and other political lobbying and negotiation, tax credit compliance, contract drafting and review, compliance with affordability restrictions and IRS regulations, business advice & planning.

General Corporate Practice, including: advising and working with both domestic and international clients primarily in the following areas: Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Securities Law, including general transactional and structural corporate work, private placement and public offering work, advising on, drafting, and preparation of regulatory filings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), corporate restructurings and workouts, mergers and acquisitions.