Anne Babineau
By Joshua Burd
Esteemed real estate and redevelopment attorney Anne Babineau has a new role with Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA, one that will allow her to bring her expertise to a select group of clients and projects where the impact will be the greatest.
In her new capacity as senior counsel, special projects, Babineau’s involvement is reserved for new matters where the firm said she can make a decisive difference with her rare combination of skills — bridging the public and private sectors, unlocking creative financial structures and navigating complex redevelopment dynamics. The Woodbridge-based practice announced the part-time role last week while noting that she has “earned her reputation as an accomplished and influential practitioner who spots trends in redevelopment and suggests creative options — transforming problem properties into productive communities and business across the state’s most complex and celebrated projects, while shaping the future of the field itself.”
Babineau is a longtime shareholder with Wilentz and has worked on some of the state’s most significant and complex redevelopment projects.
“Those who have worked with her already know the uncommon value she brings: a rare command of the regulatory, financial, political and community dynamics that determine whether a project succeeds or fails,” Wilentz Managing Partner Angelo Cifaldi wrote. “We are excited about how this change reinforces the one-firm convenience Wilentz delivers to real estate developers across New Jersey.
The firm added that its interdisciplinary real estate and redevelopment practice, comprised of more than 20 attorneys, has been recognized by industry rankings and “brings deep experience across land use, environmental law, public finance, banking, real property, redevelopment and related litigation.”
“Anne will continue to be a part of that team, doing what she is known for, providing her experience and network, but also tracking emerging legal and business trends, legislation, public policy shifts and the new programs that shape where redevelopment is headed,” Cifaldi added. “That perspective has always informed how we advise clients, and it will continue to do so across every redevelopment project we undertake on your behalf.”
