Profile
Eric Vissichelli handles a diverse array of complex disputes involving commercial real estate, including lease litigation, purchase and sale agreement disputes, commercial mortgage foreclosures, bankruptcy litigation, joint venture and shareholder disputes, construction litigation, and cases involving fraud claims and other business torts. Leveraging his deep understanding of both the legal and business issues arising in the real estate sector, Eric consistently navigates the dynamic landscapes of these cases, advocating effectively for his clients and serving the specialized needs of real estate owners and developers, property managers, financial institutions, publicly-traded REITs, private equity and hedge funds, and other industry stakeholders.
Eric also has wide-ranging experience litigating financial services and general commercial disputes in state and federal courts, arbitration tribunals, and mediation proceedings. Eric previously served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain in the Southern District of New York and Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke in the Eastern District of New York.
Capabilities
Experience
- Defended multiple commercial tenants in connection with landlords’ claims for breach of lease agreements.°
- Represented a lender in a contested commercial foreclosure and a related fraud and veil-piercing action against a borrower and its principal.°
- Represented an investor in a declaratory judgment action involving the termination of a real estate purchase and sale agreement with a developer.°
- Represented a real estate private equity fund limited partner in litigation with a general partner relating to the development of several large multi-family apartment complexes.°
- Defended a national hotel franchisee in commercial foreclosure matters in multiple jurisdictions.°
- Represented an investor in connection with post-trial briefing and on appeal in dispute with a partner over a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio.°
- Advised a large real estate investment firm in connection with an $86 million loan transaction.°
- Represented shareholders of an appliance retailer asserting minority shareholder oppression claims.°
- Represented an investment fund in a federal breach of contract action against a medical supplies manufacturer.°
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of a large U.S. bank in its Chapter 11 case.°
- Represented litigation trust of a solar developer in multiple adversary proceedings.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Vissichelli prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Credentials
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- Executive Articles Editor, Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives
- Research Assistant to Professor Julia L. Ross
- B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business
- Hon. Laura Taylor Swain, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019-2021
- Hon. Steven I. Locke, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2017-2019
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York