Practice Areas:

Real Estate; Business & Corporate Law, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations.

Education:

Brandeis University, B.A., 1991,
Cornell University Law School, J.D., 1994

Memberships:

Boston Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts;
Newton Needham Chamber of Commerce;
New England Israel Business Council.

Admissions:

1995, Massachusetts

Robert A. Finkel ~ Biography:

Phone: (781) 997-1600| Email: rfinkel@kcl-law.com | vCard

Attorney Finkel's areas of specialty include general business and corporate matters; employment law, residential and commercial real estate; and non-profit law.

Attorney Finkel has substantial experience working with entrepreneurs as they launch and grow their new businesses. He has represented many clients in connection with their incorporation, LLC formation, shareholder agreements, equity financings, bank financings, employment agreements, stock option plans, contracts, licensing and IP matters. He also has an active practice representing private and institutional lenders and investors in connection with their business and real estate backed financings. His clients are based in Massachusetts, throughout the U.S. and worldwide.

Attorney Finkel has assisted many clients with the acquisition, development, leasing, refinance and sale of residential and commercial real estate properties. He performs real estate transactional work and closes loans for a number of area lenders. He has particular experience representing commercial real estate lending institutions providing conventional and SBA financing for owner occupied commercial real estate in New England and throughout the country.

Attorney Finkel is Chair of the firm's Non-Profit Practice Group. He has expertise in incorporating and establishing non-profit foundations and public charities and in providing ongoing corporate counsel.

Attorney Finkel has a B.A. from Brandeis University and a J.D. from Cornell Law School where he concentrated in Business Law and Regulation and was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. He is a founding partner of Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein, LLP.

Representative Experience:

• Representing buyers and sellers in connection with the purchase, financing and sale of Massachusetts real estate.
• Serving as lender counsel in connection with SBA, conventional and private financings.
• Representing buyers of owner occupied and investment real estate throughout the country.
• Assisting landlords and tenants in connection with drafting and negotiation of commercial office and retail leases.
• Serving as corporate counsel to many businesses and nonprofits.
• Representing US parents of Israeli technology companies in connection with venture capital financings.
• Representing buyers and sellers in connection with the sale of businesses.
• Helping new nonprofits to obtain exemption from tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• Representing employees in connection with employment and severance agreements.