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Marc Stephen Shuster focuses his practice in commercial real estate transactions, both healthy and distressed, and corporate M&A deal work. He has extensive experience in cross-border deals, including representing clients in acquiring land or other rights in the Caribbean for the construction of hotels and joint ventures involving hotel, port, retail, restaurant and marina development. Marc regularly assists borrowers and lenders in distressed business transactions and troubled loan work-outs.  Additionally, Marc represents entrepreneurs and businesses in restructurings and as a business advisor on best practices across their internal operations.  Marc is ranked by Chambers USA in Real Estate.

Representative Experience

  • Counsel to Mexican-based bank in $200 million acquisition and construction/renovation loan involving Perry Hotel f/k/a/ Gansevoort Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida
  • Counsel to Florida-based emergency management/services conglomerate in negotiating for disaster relief work throughout Caribbean
  • Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in $200 million development of new cruise port in Falmouth, Jamaica
  • Counsel to Herb Stettin, as Chapter 11 Trustee of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, PA, in connection with negotiating and preparing settlement agreements with former clients and third party vendors
  • Represented Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in acquiring development and long-term lease rights in St. Maarten port valued at over $50 million. As a part of the transaction, worked on preferential berthing agreement to ensure berthing capability for fleet
  • Counsel to international bank in $190 million construction loan involving development of Four Seasons resort in Florida
  • Counsel to institutional NYC debt hedge fund in “hard money” loans involving shopping centers located throughout Florida
  • Counsel to distressed national multi-family owner/operator in disposition of $100 million portfolio of apartment complexes, in its Chapter 11 proceeding
  • Counsel to distressed national storage facility owner in complex workout arrangement involving approximately 300 assets guaranteed by loans exceeding $700 million
  • Counsel to P&M Management in construction, development and acquisition of new build hotels throughout south Florida (most recently, representing them in their construction of a Comfort Suites near the Miami International Airport)
  • Counsel to national hotel owner in acquisition of $300 million hotel portfolio
  • Counsel to vacant land investor in working out troubled loans valued in excess of $20 million in its Chapter 11 proceeding
  • Counsel to distressed hotel owner in complex loan workout where underlying property value exceeds $20 million
  • Counsel to distressed real estate developer in negotiating the restructure of multiple troubled loans valued at $50 million
  • Represented distressed entrepreneur in disposition of telecommunications company and its assets to competitor
  • Represented Florida-based real estate developer in negotiating with hard money lender a covenant not to enforce a $40 million personal judgment
  • Represented international client in negotiating $200 million transaction with Port Everglades County Government to deliver berthing of world's largest passenger vessel.  As a part of the transaction, negotiated the construction of a new, state-of-the-art 150,000 square foot terminal
  • Counsel to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in negotiating with ports of Galveston, Texas, Ketchikan, Alaska, Colon, Panama, Marseilles, France and Cozumel, Mexico in connection with securing various preferential berthing rights

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Board of Governors, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
  • Leadership Broward Class XXIII Graduate
  • Miami Children’s Young Ambassador, Miami Children’s Hospital (2012-2022)
  • Co- Founder, Leaders of Tomorrow, a networking group of the next generation of business and community leaders
  • Committee Member, Florida Bar RPPTL Section, Real Property Forms
  • Committee Member, Florida Bar RPPTL Section, Landlord/Tenant
  • Outside General Counsel, Jack and Jill Children’s Center, Inc. 
  • Board Member, Emerald Hills Association

Awards & Recognition

  • Chambers & Partners USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Real Estate, "Up and Coming" (2011)
  • Selected to “40 under 40”, 2009, South Florida Business Journal
  • South Florida Legal Guide, "Top Up and Comer" (2010-2012)
  • Winner “Up and Comers” Award 2006, South Florida Business Journal
  • Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite (2011)
    • “Up and Comer,” (2006-2007, 2009-2010)
  • Florida's Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2009-2011) 

Articles & Presentations

Articles

  • “Using Professionals to Access Capital Markets: Changing Markets Make Getting the Right Help More Critical Than Ever,” Berger Singerman Capital Markets Update, October 2009;
  • “Analysis will determine limits of Partial Guaranties”, Florida Real Estate Journal, 2009;
  • “Investing in Distressed Situations”, 2008, Smart Business.
  • Business risks article, 2005, Smart Business. 
  • Contributor, hotel article, 2000, Real Estate Forum.

Presentations

  • Lead Speaker, 2011 EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program, “Year 4 Miami Event”
  • Panelist,  2008 Information Management Network’s Destination Club and Private Residence Industry Symposium

Prior Affiliations

  • Director & Associate Counsel, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
  • Associate Attorney, Holland & Knight