Wolf Haldenstein Alder Freeman & Herz LLP expands real estate department with addition of Kulak

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP revealed the addition of Kelly Kulak, of counsel, to the firm's real estate department, led my Jeffrey Schwartz. Kulak's practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, leasing and sale of commercial property, among them office buildings, hotels, mixed use properties and shopping centers. She provides legal advisory services on a wide variety of matters, extending from the creation of residential condominiums in Union Square and Tribeca to the sale, acquisition, financing and refinancing of office buildings, mixed-use properties, and hotels in Manhattan and the surrounding Tri-State area, and retail and office leasing for various clients, including large Tri-State area developers. She also has experience counseling clients in loan work-outs and restructurings. "We are delighted to welcome Kelly to our team," said Schwartz. "Her background compliments the talents and skill sets of our existing transactional group and brings a level of experience that will enhance our practice group. She is a terrific addition." Prior to joining the Firm, Kulak was at Morrison Cohen and Cole Schotz, where she obtained extensive experience representing Tri-State Area developers, and building owners, and national big box retailers in acquisitions, grounds leases and sales. She was admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey in 2000. Kulak obtained her J.D. from Seton Hall University of School of Law in 1999, and her undergraduate degree from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 1994.