Center for Real Estate Studies at New York Law School Presents Free Forum on Real Estate Credit Markets

Subjects covered will include a year-end review and outlook for 2009

RISMEDIA, Nov. 18, 2008-The Center for Real Estate Studies at New York Law School will present a breakfast forum on, “The Real Estate Credit Markets: A Year-End Review and Outlook for 2009″ on Thursday, November 20 at 8:15 a.m. at the Law School, located at 47 Worth Street.

“The recent crisis in the credit markets has caused a significant restructuring of Wall Street’s major financial institutions and at times seems to threaten the ability of the United States to recover from what may be a deep and long-lasting recession,” Professor Andrew R. Berman, director of the Center for Real Estate Studies, said. “The current credit crunch has severely restricted the origination and refinancing of real estate loans and has virtually halted the residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities market. This breakfast forum is an important discussion on the impact of the credit crisis, examining the current state and future of the real estate capital markets and how lawyers and the national rating agencies are responding to this challenge.”

The event will feature two keynote speakers: Joseph Philip Forte, partner at Alston & Bird LLP, and Daniel B. Rubock, senior vice president with Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Forte is a member of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Group at Alston & Bird where he focuses on complex real estate finance for the capital markets. His expertise covers every imaginable type of financing technique, and he is nationally known as one of the premier securitization lawyers in the country.

As Senior Vice President, Rubock works within the Commercial Real Estate Finance Group of Moody’s, where he is the group’s chief counsel, helping Moody’s develop its policy for structural and legal issues in commercial mortgage-backed securities. He has authored over 20 special reports and rating methodologies at Moody’s.

Prior to joining Moody’s in 1999, he practiced law for almost 20 years with various law firms, including Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Dechert LLP; and White & Case LLP, concentrating in commercial real estate law and real estate litigation.

This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Register by calling the Center for Real Estate Studies at 212.431.2135 or visiting: www.nyls.edu/realestate.