Zev D. Gewurz
Director
Boston
zgewurz@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4086Zev D. Gewurz
Director, Boston
zgewurz@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4086Related Expertise
Clients rely on Zev Gewurz for his strong reputation as a trusted advisor and extensive experience navigating complex real estate transactions across the United States. They value his pragmatic, business-minded approach and his ability to anticipate challenges, structure deals strategically, and guide them through every stage of a real estate transaction with clarity, efficiency, and sound judgment.
Zev advises institutional investors, family offices, and real estate developers throughout the U.S. and abroad. He handles a host of transaction types, including portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture structuring, complex financings, mezzanine and participating debt transactions, and distressed debt workouts and sales, including cross-border structuring and investment.
Zev currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Real Estate Group and International Investors Group.
Related Representative Matters
Tricon in connection with numbers of financings, including securitizations to fund its innovative U.S. Single-Family Rental Program.
DivcoWest, a privately owned real estate investment firm in connection with all aspects of the Cambridge Crossing Project, a 42-acre master planned development project in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. This highly visible and important project consists of 20 parcels comprising 5.2 million square feet of development property, including commercial space, multifamily space, infrastructure and public amenities.
Israeli public company and private equity funds on acquisitions and dispositions of office and multifamily property and related joint venture and financing structure.
A Canadian private equity real estate fund and public company in connection with securitizations and financing as well as joint venture equity investments and loans to acquire and develop residential properties across the US.
A shopping center owner in connection with a forbearance agreement, a settlement agreement and a deed-in-lieu agreement with respect to a $52M securitized mortgage encumbering the property.
US opportunity fund in joint venture with Israeli private equity fund to acquire and restructure multifamily portfolio out of bankruptcy.
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Accolades
- 2023 "Stand-out Lawyers," Thomson Reuters
- Best Lawyers in America® (2023-2026): Real Estate Law
- Connect CRE, Top Lawyer in Real Estate, 2021
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2005 - 2008, 2011
Affiliations
- Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
- Real Estate Finance Association (REFA)
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- Boston Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
Education
New York University School of Law ( J.D. , 1996 )
The London School of Economics and Political Science ( M.Sc. , with distinction , 1993 )
McGill University ( B.A. , summa cum laude , 1992 )