Jesse B. Schneider

Settled a breach of lease claim brought against a fashion retailer by its landlord regarding its surrender obligations under various leases around the country. Convinced Landlord that its position was not supported by the lease or by relevant common law after extensive analysis, leading to an agreement that saved the client upwards of $5 million.

Obtained Yellowstone injunction for a high end retail company without having to pay any use and occupancy to the landlord pending adjudication of a breach of lease dispute involving the landlord's attempt to collect late fees on rent paid in full during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defeated a motion to dismiss frustration of purpose and impossibility claims on behalf of a well-known retail tenant against its Times Square landlord, arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government mandates were not foreseeable and, thus, temporarily frustrated the purpose of the parties' negotiated lease.

Won a motion for a national pizza chain to dismiss a tortious interference with lease and unjust enrichment case brought by another tenant in same shopping complex. The court agreed with our argument that plaintiff failed to state a cause of action against our client in connection with its establishment of a pizza shop inside a K-Mart located in the same shopping complex as plaintiff's Italian restaurant.

Prevailed in a multimillion dollar arbitration for a high-fashion retail apparel company against its landlord after the landlord unreasonably withheld consent to a dignified first-class prospective retail subtenant. Case not only clarified the real estate industry term "first class" as an operational standard (as opposed to price point), but also allowed our client to sublease space that had been empty for several years.