Debevoise | Lawyers | Partner | Steven M Alden -
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Steven M Alden — PartnerDebevoise | Lawyers | Partner | Steven M Alden
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Steven M AldenPartnerPh: 212 909 6481Fax: 212 909 6836smalden@debevoise.com
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Steven M. Alden is a partner with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and head of the firmâ€s Real Estate Department.His practice involves all aspects of real estate, including purchases and sales, development and leasing, and lending and borrowing.Mr. Alden spends a significant amount of time advising clients on real estate purchase and sale issues, real estate leasing issues, real estate private equity and partnership arrangements, real estate advisory agreements, real estate financing issues, including the design and structure of mortgage loans, participating and contingent interest mortgages, sale leasebacks, leasehold mortgages, mezzanine investments, restructuring and refinancing existing loans, and real estate workouts, bankruptcies and foreclosures.
Mr. Alden has lectured on real estate and other related topics at a variety of organizations, including Columbia University, Practising Law Institute, Bank Lending Institute, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.He is the author of numerous articles on real estate and real estate financing and is a frequent contributor to real estate publications and legal periodicals.In addition, Mr. Alden has been ranked in the top tier of Chambers USA: Americaâ€s Leading Business Lawyers (2003-2004) as a leader in the field of Real Estate and is listed in The Best of the Best Real Estate Lawyers - United States (Euromoney Institutional Investor Legal Media Group).
Mr. Alden is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers; The American College of Mortgage Attorneys; the Association of the Bar of the City of New Yorkâ€s Committee on Real Property Law; the American Land Title Association; the New York Land Title Association; the American Bar Associationâ€s Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (Real Estate Financing Committee); and the New York State Bar Associationâ€s Real Property Law Section (Executive Committee 1990-1995, 2002-).Mr. Alden serves on the Boards of Directors of the Boy Scouts of America, Greater New York Councils, Symphony Space and Creative Time.He is the Chairman of the Board of Symphony Space.
Mr. Alden joined Debevoise in 1971 and became a partner in 1979.He received his A.B. magna cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1967, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1970, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the California Law Review.He is admitted to practice in the states of New York and California.
Mr. Alden can be reached by telephone in our New York office at 212 909 6481 and by e-mail smalden@debevoise.com.