Jeffrey A. Moerdler, head of the real estate and communications practices in the New York office of Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., will moderate the keynote presentation at the 3rd Annual EisnerAmper Real Estate Private Equity Summit. The summit is taking place September 30 at the New World Stages in New York City.

Mr. Moerdler will interview David Paterson, 55th Governor of New York and John Catsimatidis, Chairman & CEO of Red Apple Group during the summit’s keynote presentation.  Governor Paterson and Mr. Catsimatidis will share their insights on politics, the economy, and the state of the real estate market. Governor Paterson and Mr. Moerdler were college classmates and have remained close friends and Mr. Catsimatidis is a longtime client of Mr. Moerdler.

The EisnerAmper Real Estate Private Equity Summit each year brings together equity partners and operating partners to create an in-person marketplace for investing, capital raising and deal making. The sessions address the major issues affecting the real estate private equity market today, and the networking allows capital sources and sponsors to meet and source deals and investment capital.

A general commercial real estate attorney for almost 30 years, Mr. Moerdler’s clients include large national companies, particularly in the high-tech, telecommunications, financial services, health care, supermarket, and oil and gas sectors as well as numerous smaller local clients. His real estate practice is both national and local and includes representation of landlords and tenants in all types of leases; counseling owners and developers in the acquisition, sale, development, and renovation of property; advising lenders and borrowers in commercial loans; and the representation of all parties in real estate litigation.