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RICH SCHWARTZ |
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
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Successfully closing deals at National is great;
it's almost as satisfying as what Branch Rickey
described as the 'ultimate human experience' -
witnessing the flawless execution of the hit and run. |
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WITH NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE
2003
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA (from 1987 until joining National in 2003), the last eight years as a partner and Manager of the firm's Real Estate & Finance Department and member of the firm's Legal Personnel Committee at time of departure.
EDUCATION
B.A., Brandeis University; J.D., magna cum laude, The Boston University School of Law (Editor, The Boston University Law Review).
RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Oversees and directs legal matters for the company. Actively involved with the structuring of National's transactions and implementation and execution of its project finance, development, investment, asset management and leasing activities.
Extensive experience, both locally and nationally, in numerous sub-specialties of real estate law, including leasing, debt and equity finance, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, and zoning and land use. While in private practice prior to joining National Development, represented a wide variety of clients in addition to National, including other developers, life insurance companies, pension fund advisors, real estate investment trusts, operators of healthcare facilities, corporations, universities and other not-for-profit institutions.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts and New England Corporate Counsel Association; Contributor and panelist, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Coach, West Newton Little League
FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES
1) Traveling with family, especially hiking, attending Red Sox games and visiting major league ballparks (19 stadiums to date); and 2) Attempting to convert stodgy legal resume and description of experience into hip Dewar's style profile for company website.
FACT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW
1) Local Board Member, Selective Service System (Draft Board) - Nominated by the Governor of Massachusetts (August, 1983); and 2) Tax Examiner, Compliance Bureau, Massachusetts Department of Revenue (July 1983 - August 1984, Summer, 1985).
WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP
Pilot (Eastern Airlines). Back-up: General Counsel for successful, mid-size interdisciplinary real estate company
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