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Jeffrey Gussoff’s practice at Wolff & Samson consists of a broad spectrum of real estate matters, including all types of industrial, commercial and retail leasing; the acquisition, financing and development of commercial and multiuse properties; construction contract and architect’s agreement negotiation; and the real estate aspects of complex corporate transactions. Jeff's national practice includes the representation of institutional and private investors, public and closely held companies, developers, lenders, landlords and tenants.

Jeff counsels closely held businesses on a wide variety of matters and advises clients in corporate divorce and partnership litigation. His practice also includes advising clients on telecommunications and Internet service licensing arrangements, real estate litigation and landlord/tenant litigation.

Jeff’s experience includes playing a key role in a number of complex real estate development projects, such as the development of A & S Plaza (now known as Manhattan Mall), Park Avenue Court Condominium, suburban office headquarters, manufacturing facilities, biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and residential communities. As part of these projects, he was involved in the negotiation of the acquisition contract, construction and construction management agreements, financing documents, partnership agreements, leases and brokerage agreements, and the creation of project lease forms. He is familiar with various financing vehicles, including single-tenant net leases, synthetic lease financing and land bank financing.

Jeff’s experience also includes representing clients in acquiring, selling and financing a broad spectrum of commercial properties, including office buildings and shopping centers. For corporate clients, Jeff acquires and sells corporate headquarters buildings, negotiates net leases and space leases, and designs lease forms for use by in-house real estate personnel. To assist a corporation in the diversification of its assets, Jeff created a horizontal commercial condominium consisting of entire office buildings and approved building sites as the condominium units. Jeff also acts as a court-appointed trustee, overseeing the management and disposition of approximately 3,000 acres of land in Florida.

As landlord’s counsel for major office buildings in New York and New Jersey, Jeff negotiated several leases that were among New York City’s largest lease transactions for the years in which they were completed. These deals included the largest lease transaction of 2004 – the extension and expansion of The News Corporation’s headquarters lease. In 2005, he negotiated a complex, five-tenant transaction that required the modification of three major leases, the surrender of significant premises and the negotiation of a new lease for a major national law firm. As landlord's counsel, he negotiated the first HMV Music Store lease in New York City for what was then the largest music store in the Western Hemisphere, and has negotiated leases with other anchor tenants.

As a tenant's lawyer, Jeff negotiates office, industrial and retail leases for large and small tenants, including long-term net leases of entire suburban office buildings for use as corporate headquarters.

Jeff actively participates in the structuring and strategy of real estate and partnership litigation. He co-authored an aggressive litigation strategy for institutional investors seeking to take control of a substantial shopping center project that was at risk of real estate tax foreclosure. In recent years, he also assisted members of closely held businesses in New York and New Jersey settle disputes with their shareholders and partners.

Jeff is a certified mediator. Several of his articles on real estate and construction issues are published, and he occasionally teaches continuing education classes for the New Jersey Building Owners and Managers Association. Jeff has an AV® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.