Michael R. Ascher
Partner
email: m.ascher@gozdel.com

Michael Ascher is an experienced transactional attorney with expertise in all aspects of real estate law, including acquisitions, leasing, development and financing. Michael also advises individuals and small and medium sized corporations with respect to general corporate matters, including corporate formation, governance and structure, and commercial contracts. Michael came to the firm from Carlson Partners, Ltd. in Lombard, Illinois, where he built a private practice specializing in the foregoing areas.

Prior to joining Carlson Partners, Michael was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for TSG Real Estate, where he coordinated acquisition and financing of retail and industrial properties. In addition, he supervised outside counsel in drafting and launching private placement memoranda for sale of undivided Tenant in Common (TIC) interests in properties with credit-rated tenants subject to triple-net leases, including two portfolios of automobile retail facilities totaling over $200 million.

Prior to TSG, Michael was Associate General Counsel for national senior independent and assisted living provider Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., where he coordinated acquisitions, developments and financing in the senior living/health care space and provided general corporate advice for the company. Michael worked closely with c-level executives to implement sophisticated real estate acquisition and financing vehicles such as synthetic leases and sale-leaseback transactions in order to achieve the larger corporate goal of strategic growth, which culminated in an initial public offering.

Prior to his tenure at Brookdale, Michael was an associate in the real estate departments of Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe, LLP (now known as DLA Piper) and Ross & Hardies (now known as McGuireWoods). At both firms, Michael developed a sophisticated real estate practice which included leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, financing (representing both traditional and securitized lending clients), and development.

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J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1995

B.A., Duke University, 1991

Illinois Supreme Court, 1995

U.S. District Court, Northern
District of Illinois, 1995