Jeffrey A. Horwitz

Jeffrey A. Horwitz is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department in New York, where he coheadsits Private Equity Real Estate practice and runs its internationally recognized Hospitality, Gaming &Leisure Group. He also has served as co-head of Mergers & Acquisitions and as a member of the firm’sExecutive Committee. Mr. Morwitz is a general corporate and securities lawyer with broad-based experience in mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions and long-term joint ventures. He is regularly engaged to advise boards, management teams and investors on strategic matters, from litigation to personnel to transactions. He also heads the firm’s cross-disciplinary and cross-jurisdictional Coronavirus Taskforce, helping to shape the guidance and next steps for clients impacted by the pandemic.Mr. Horwitz counsels clients on the full range of their activities, from seed capital to public offerings,acquisitions and operational matters, often acting as outside general counsel. He represents major finan-cial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, private-equity and family offices in sophisticated financial andother transactions. He also regularly handles transactions outside the U.S., including Europe, the MiddleEast, Asia, Latin America, Australia, South Africa and India. Leading the firm’s Private Equity RealEstate group, he works with a team of 75 lawyers from across the firm advising on complex transactions and disputes relating to real estate, and particularly hotels. As a senior member of the firm’s Entertainment Group, Mr. Horwitz represents The Broadway League (the national trade association for Broadway theatre), the Tony Awards®, and various other joint-venture events and producers. In the media industry, he has advised on the acquisition and sale of television, radio, newspaper and magazine properties, and the acquisition and sale of advertising, promotion and marketing agencies, and related joint ventures. He also advises rights-holders and frequently represents start-up and development-stage companies, as well as established “traditional” businesses, in online, internet-related or technology businesses. Mr. Horwitzis a member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Hospitality Investment Roundtable,ULI (and its Hotel Development Council) and the advisory board of the Cornell Center for Real Estate and Finance. He received his B.A. cum laude in 1981 from Harvard University and his J.D. in 1984 from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.