Gary S. Litke is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Mr. Litke has extensive experience in commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, financings, leasing, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and development.  He has represented investors and principals; financial institutions and borrowers; credit enhancers and private lenders; REITS; family interests; landlords, tenants and subtenants; and foreign and domestic acquirers and targets.

Mr. Litke is “AV” rated and is selected annually for listing as a “SuperLawyer”.  He has acted on a wide variety of significant real estate matters, including recent matters for the following entities or their affiliates: Welltower, Rockefeller Group, AECOM, RXR Realty and Mack-Cali.

He also spearheaded the successful representation of Yemeni asylum-seekers, among other pro-bono representations, and was Co-Chair of the Legislation Committee, Real Property Law Section, of the New York State Bar Association for six years.

Publications & Lectures

• Lecturer, “Buying and Selling Investment Properties” for the Community Outreach Committee of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (December 2009).
• Lecturer, “The New LLC Publication Statute and the use of Delaware LLCs in New York” for the New York State Bar Association’s Hot Topics in Real Estate Law and Practice (November 14, 2006).
• Lecturer, “Real Estate Issues for Non-real estate Lawyers: practical Topics for In-house Counsel for the Association of Corporate Counsel,” NY Chapter (November 16, 2004).
• Author, Real Estate Titles, update to Chapter 7, “Deeds,” New York State Bar Association (2007).
• Co-Author, “Liability Awaits the Unwary: Lenders and Leasing Decisions,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, vol. 12, no. 12 (December 2004).
• Co-Author, “Leasing Decisions: Liability Awaits the Unwary Lender,” The Real Estate Finance Journal (Winter 2002).
• Co-Author, “FCC’s Forced Access Plan Raises Concerns,” The New York Law Journal (November 24, 2000).
• Co-Author, “Nonrecourse Carveouts: Striking the Right Balance,” The New York Law Journal (September 25, 2000).