Andrew H. Levy is a co-chair of the Real Estate Department of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is resident in New York.

Mr. Levy's practice serves a comprehensive mixture of the business and legal needs of participants in most aspects of, and product types in, the real estate industry throughout the United States and in Europe, working closely with members of the firm in all of the firm's locations.

He has considerable experience representing privately held and capital markets industry clients in acquisitions and dispositions, public and private equity and debt transactions, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, REITs and real estate bankruptcies, foreclosures, restructurings, refinancing and leasing.  He is actively involved in inbound and outbound cross-border transactions and represents a diverse number of institutional and boutique real estate opportunity funds.  His clients include lenders and borrowers, in balance sheet, securitized and highly structured financings.

Mr. Levy's practice also focuses on the hospitality sector, representing public and private clients in the acquisition of single asset and multi-asset companies, in the financing of hotels, and in the restructuring of existing debt.  He has been the chair and organizer of hotel and other conferences, and has regularly been a moderator at annual Information Management Network conferences. 

Mr. Levy is a frequent lecturer and author, and his work is published regularly in industry and trade journals.  Most recently, he authored, "Real Estate Sponsors and Investors:  Fiduciary Duty is Lurking," "The Complexity of Enforcing Real Estate Loans in New York," and "Lenders Face Hurdles to Recover on Debt," all of which appeared in the New York Law Journal.  Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 ranked Mr. Levy among the top real estate lawyers in New York.  Mr. Levy was elected to The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2006, as well as The International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers every year since 2002.  He was also recognized in Euromoney's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Real Estate Lawyers.  Recently, Mr. Levy was named as a leading real estate lawyer in the 2008 and 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, The 2008 New York Area's Best Lawyers and in The Legal 500 US- Volume IV.

Mr. Levy is a member of the prestigious American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), an invitation only membership organization where membership is based on an outstanding professional reputation, demonstrated ability in the field of real estate law, at least 10 years of legal experience and substantial contributions to the improvement of real estate law and practice.  He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute and has served as Assistant Adjunct Professor at New York University's Center for Hospitality Studies. 

Mr. Levy is a cum laude graduate from both Harvard Law School and Harvard College.