AT A GLANCE
One Gateway Center, Suite 400
Newark, NJ 07102
OUR EXPERTISE
- Acquisitions and sales
- Banking and commercial finance
- Commercial leasing
- Construction law
- Corporate
- Distressed real estate
- Environmental
- Land use, zoning and redevelopment
- Litigation
- Planning and development services
- Real estate finance
- Tax credits and incentives
Kellen F. Murphy
Managing Partner and Chair
of Acquisitions and Sales
practice group
Chris J. Murphy
Chair of Land Use, Zoning and Redevelopment and Tax Credits and Incentives practice groups
Matthew J. Schiller
Chair of Commercial Leasing, Distressed Real Estate and Opportunity Zone practice groups
Charles J. Wilkes
Chair of Banking and Commercial Finance and Real Estate Finance practice groups
Anthony Capasso
Chair of Litigation and Construction Law practice groups
Brant Forrest
Chair of Commercial Litigation practice group
OUR CLIENTS
MSW represents a wide range of clients, including major national and international developers, national and regional lending institutions, institutional investors, national contractors and subcontractors, family offices, landlords, tenants and other owners and developers of real property. Our boutique structure and multidisciplinary model allow us to serve an exceptionally diverse client base — from some of the largest real estate developers and private equity firms in the country to closely held family offices.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
MSW recently represented the following:
- National bank in connection with the modification of a $125 million revolving line of credit for a New Jersey-based company.
- Developer in connection with a $120 million Aspire tax credit for a mixed-use project in Central Jersey.
- Developer in connection with a $92 million senior mortgage and mezzanine loan refinance of a first-class multifamily asset in North Jersey.
- Developer in connection with a $90 million acquisition of entitled land for the development of a 200-unit multifamily project in Morris County, New Jersey.
- Developer in connection with the joint venture and the land acquisition for an $87 million development project in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
- National real estate development firm in connection with the $74 million acquisition of a 360,000-square-foot industrial facility in central New Jersey.
- National REIT in connection with modification of a $67 million loan secured by portfolio of industrial properties in Palo Alto, California.
- Nonprofit performing arts center in connection with a $65 million CAFE tax credit for a project in Morristown, New Jersey.
ON THE HORIZON
MSW is focused on the continued expansion of our integrated commercial real estate and construction law platform. Our national transactional practice is scaling rapidly, driven by growing demand for sophisticated deal execution across acquisitions and sales, commercial leasing, financing and joint venture and partnership structuring. At the same time, our statewide Land Use, Zoning and Redevelopment group and our Tax Credits and Incentives group continue to deepen their footprint, advising on some of New Jersey’s most transformative redevelopment and incentive-driven projects. We also anticipate continued growth within our Litigation and Construction Law practice groups, as clients increasingly seek clear, business-oriented guidance in a complex and evolving market.
As the market gravitates toward firms capable of delivering coordinated, multidisciplinary counsel, MSW is uniquely positioned to capture that momentum. Our goal is straightforward: to solidify our standing as the go-to law firm for sophisticated commercial real estate and construction matters, both regionally and nationally. With continued investment in talent, technology and practice integration, we expect meaningful growth across all pillars of the firm in the years ahead.
