Profile
Marlene C. Guzzino represents retailers, landlords, developers, banks, educational institutions and art dealers/collectors and office tenants, negotiating all types of commercial lease transactions as well as licenses, reciprocal easement agreements, purchase and development agreements and alternative financing arrangements (such as sale-leaseback transactions and triple net leases and bondable ground leases) for shopping centers, office buildings, mixed-used buildings, hotels, educational institutions, student housing facilities, art galleries and storage facilities in both urban and suburban locations.
Capabilities
Experience
- Representation of prominent landlords and tenants in connection with the leasing, acquisition, disposition, development and redevelopment of their facilities.
- Representation of national banking institutions in connection with the leasing, acquisition, disposition, development and redevelopment of their bank branches and office facilities.
- Representation of premiere real estate development and management companies in connection with the acquisition of operating businesses with significant real estate assets.
- Representation of big box and international luxury goods retailers in the acquisition, development and ground leasing of retail stores.
- Representation of prominent colleges, art galleries and medical service providers in connection with the leasing and construction of their facilities.
- Representation of large warehouse provider specializing in art storage for major museums.
- Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc., 2020-2024
- Deputy General Counsel, 2022-2024
- Associate General Counsel, 2020-2022
- Legal Administrator, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Office of Retail and Real Estate Counsel, 2004-2006
- Extern, Magistrate Judge Terence P. Kemp, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- Intern, Connecticut State Attorney's Office
- Intern, District Office of Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, New York State Senate
Recognition & Leadership
- Team Member, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2010, 2013 and 2017-2018
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Metro Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2016
- Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers®, "Law Firm of the Year" in Real Estate Law, 2015
- Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2011-2013, 2015, and 2023
- Recognized, "Rising Star," Georgetown Law Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, 2014
- Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate, 2013 and 2014
Credentials
Education
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J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2002
- Member, Journal on Dispute Resolution
- Recipient, Zendell Scholarship
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B.A., magna cum laude, with distinction, Fairfield University, 1999
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society)
- Pi Sigma Alpha (National Politics Honor Society)
Admissions
- New York