Leopold Z. Sher
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
Recognized since 2006
New Orleans, Louisiana
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Banking and Finance Law
Commercial Finance Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Equipment Finance Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Franchise Law
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Litigation - Municipal
Litigation - Real Estate
Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Municipal Law
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Project Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Over the years, Mr. Sher has been actively involved in virtually every type of major business, real estate and finance transaction representing various and diverse interests as follows: major lenders, including life insurance companies, banks, finance companies and other asset based lenders, savings and loans and other lenders such as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS), Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICS) [conduit lending], and CMBS (Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities) lenders for all categories of loans and lending arrangements including private and public financing, industrial development bond financing, public/private partnerships, New Markets Tax Credits financing, and Urban Development Action Grants); commercial developers, including developers of shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, apartment complexes, free standing retail establishments, industrial properties, condominiums, golf courses, Planned Unit Developments, historic rehabilitations, mixed-use projects, conversions, parking lots and garages, warehouses, and other traditional and nontraditional (facade donations, air rights transactions, etc.) real estate projects; businesses, including representation related to the buying and selling of businesses, structuring transactions, joint ventures and other combinations, general business advice and major contracts; landlords and tenants, which representation includes drafting of form leases and negotiation of lease agreements, construction, operation and reciprocal easement (servitude) agreements and other agreements that affect real property; owners and purchasers, which representation includes drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, construction contracts, development agreements, and acquisition and disposition in bulk of multiple properties. Mr. Sher has also represented major national and international clients in the food service, hospital, title insurance and oil and gas industries.
On behalf of clients of the firm, Mr. Sher regularly practices before and works closely with political entities and public administrative boards and agencies, at the local, parish (county), state and national levels.
Mr. Sher has spoken extensively, both locally and nationally, on many diverse subjects including marine pollution/offshore oil leak disasters, capital markets, real estate finance, government bailouts, disaster recovery, insurance, zoning, land use, eminent domain, environmental law, limited liability companies, workouts, leases, title insurance, asset based lending, lending, lender liability, civil forfeiture, distressed real estate, brokerage agreements and other areas related to his practice. Since Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Sher has spoken extensively all over the country to various business groups, professional organizations, and trade associations on disaster recovery, disaster planning and disaster management.
Mr. Sher is active in the community, currently serving as a board member of both the Arts Council of New Orleans and the New Orleans Opera Association.
- Direct Phone Number: 504-299-2100
- Phone Number: 504-299-2100
- Lawyer Page: https://www.shergarner.com/attorney/sher-leopold-z/
- 909 Poydras Street, Suite 2800
New Orleans, LA 70112
- Tulane University, B.S. Political Science, graduated 1976
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitrators - Member
- American Bar Association, Real Property Section, Governing Counsel, Section Delegate to the House of Delegate - Member
- American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers - Member
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys - Member
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Board of Governors, Treasurer - Member
- American Law Institute, Member; Member Consultative Group for Rest. Third, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration - Member
- Anglo American Real Property Institute, U.S. Group - Treasurer
- International Council of Shopping Centers - Member
- Lender's Counsel Group of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) - Member
- Tulane Law School Dean's Advisory Board - Member
16 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Land Use and Zoning Law, New Orleans (2025)
- Financial Services Regulation Law, New Orleans (2024)
- Project Finance Law, New Orleans (2024)
- Project Finance Law, New Orleans (2022)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, New Orleans (2021)
- Project Finance Law, New Orleans (2020)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2019)
- Corporate Compliance Law, New Orleans (2019)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, New Orleans (2017)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2016)
- Financial Services Regulation Law, New Orleans (2015)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2014)
- Litigation - Real Estate, New Orleans (2012)
- Real Estate Law, New Orleans (2011)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Equipment Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Franchise Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Municipal
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Municipal Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Administrative
- Arbitration
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Business
- Business Disputes
- Commercial
- Commercial Landlord Tenant
- Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Complex Disputes
- Condemnation
- Condominiums
- Contract
- COVID-19
- Derivatives
- Development
- Easements and Rights of Way
- Eminent Domain
- Energy Projects
- Equipment Leasing
- Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Foreclosures
- Government Relations
- Hospitality
- International
- International Arbitration
- Land Use
- Leasing
- Lending
- Litigation
- Mediation
- Mortgage
- Municipal
- Office Buildings
- Real Estate
- Real Property Law
- Redevelopment
- Securities
- Shopping Center Transactions
- Structured Products
- Tax Certiorari
- Transactions
- Troubled Projects
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Vessel Financing
- Workouts and Restructurings
- Zoning
- Best Lawyers in America, with special designations in Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Equipment Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Land Use & Zon
- Best Lawyers in America, with special designations in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking Law, Equipment Finance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law and Structured Finance Law, 2011
- Mr. Sher was named a Super Lawyer (2007-2013) by Super Lawyers and one of its top 10 and top 50 lawyers, 2007-2012
- Best Lawyers in America, with special designations in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
- Lawdragon 500 named Mr. Sher one of its Leading Lawyers in America, 2007-2011 and one of its Top Managing Partners You Need to Know for 2008
- Chambers and Partners identified Mr. Sher as one of the leading business lawyers in Real Estate in its 2004-2012 Chambers USA, Client's Guide
- New Orleans City Business has awarded Mr. Sher the first annual Leadership in Law Award for 2005, as one of the top 50 Lawyers in New Orleans, 2005
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Collaborative Law: Civil
- Collaborative Law: Family Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Communications Law
- Construction Law
- Derivatives and Futures Law
- Environmental Law
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Government Relations Practice
- International Arbitration - Commercial
- International Arbitration - Governmental
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mediation
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Public Finance Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Timber Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Utilities Law
- Venture Capital Law
- Water Law
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