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A woman of influence and nationally recognized commercial real estate lawyer, Nina Roket crafts industry-leading leasing, property transfer and finance transactions for well-known properties, their owners, developers, investors and tenants. She co-chairs Olshan’s Real Estate Law Practice and chairs the firm’s Commercial Leasing Practice.

Nina advises clients in sophisticated commercial real estate deals, including leasing of major real estate projects, and property acquisitions, sales, financings, and development across the nation.

She acts as landlord’s counsel at numerous office buildings in Midtown and Downtown New York City and represents tenants across industries from new and emerging companies to well-established brands. Fashion companies, hedge funds, sports and entertainment companies, technology companies, medical institutions, startups and finance companies all seek her counsel in leasing headquarters space. She represents both landlords and tenants in flexible workspace leases, sale-leasebacks, management agreements, and structured revenue-sharing deals. She also represents and advises owners, tenants, and borrowers in lease and loan-restructurings.

In the retail arena, Nina manages complex leasing projects for numerous developers and owners of significant, high-profile retail sites across the U.S., including in New York, Miami Beach, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, and Atlantic City.

She also represents owners and food and restaurant operators in food and beverage and restaurant leases.

Nina negotiates hotel acquisitions, sales, finance deals, and leases.

In addition, Nina represents both owners and nonprofit organizations in connection with the creation of leasehold condominiums and long-term leases.

From the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets corporate headquarters lease to real estate developer David Edelstein’s lease and collaboration with renowned restaurateurs Stephen Starr and Keith McNally, which brought New York City Meatpacking District hotspot Pastis to the trendy Wynwood arts area in Miami, and Foot Locker’s flagship megastore lease deal, which won 2016 “Retail Deal of the Year” recognition from The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), Nina brings exceptional skill in negotiating and closing large-scale, complex commercial property deals across the nation.

Nina knows the markets and, as a skilled and effective negotiator, she knows what’s important to secure. She offers practical guidance and alternative solutions based on her clients’ business needs and objectives. She understands the various parties’ perspectives and sticking points in structuring and negotiating leases, purchases and sales of commercial real estate. With that knowledge, she finds creative and effective solutions that keep tempers in check and get deals done when they should.

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Location
  • 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor
    New York, NY 10019
Languages
  • English
Demographics
  • Gender: Female
  • Ethnicity: White
Education
  • New York Law School, J.D., graduated 1996
Bar Admissions
  • New York, 1997
Affiliations
  • WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate - Member
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) - Member
  • Urban Land Institute (ULI) - Mentor Program
  • Sarcoma Foundation of America - Board member

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Headquarters: New York, New York

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3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Real Estate Law
Awards:
  • Named a “Leading Lawyer” in Real Estate: Mainly Dirt by Chambers USA, 2023

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law, 2021-2023.

  • Named to the “Notable Diverse Leaders in Law” by Crain’s New York Business, 2022.

  • Named to the “Notable Women in Law” list by Crain’s New York Business, 2018-2020, 2022 and 2023.

  • Named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list annually since 2014.

  • Honored as a Leading Lady at the Third Annual Mann Charitable Foundation Event in May 2019.

  • Real Estate Forum, “Women of Influence,” 2019

  • Real Estate Forum, “Women of Influence – Hall of Fame,” 2018

  • The Most Significant Retail Deal of the Year” awarded by The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) to Foot Locker’s flagship megastore at 8 Times Square, 2016(represented building owner)

  • Real Estate Weekly, “Real Estate Weekly Leading Ladies Spotlight,” 2014-2021

  • New York Real Estate Journal, “Women in Real Estate – Professional Services Spotlight,” 2013-2021

  • New York Real Estate Journal, “2015 Year in Review” Spotlight, December 2015

  • New York Real Estate Journal, “2002-2012: 10 Years of Women in Real Estate,” May 2012

  • Real Estate New York, “Women of Influence,” 2008-2009

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Big Updates in the Big Apple


by Nina M. Roket and Thomas D. Kearns

A Post-COVID-19 update on the commercial market for landlords, building investors and retail developers in New York.

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