Practice areas: Real Estate, Business & Corporate, Entertainment & Sports
Licensed in New York since: 2004
Education: Georgetown University Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
11 Grand Central EastNew York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-551-1275 Email: Adam R. Sanders Visit website
Adam R. Sanders is a Member with the Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. Transactions Department. His practice focuses on representing clients in a wide variety of commercial real estate and business transactions and entertainment matters, including acquisitions and sales, financing, leasing, construction, portfolio structuring, Local Law 97, Opportunity Zones, 1031 transactions and general corporate and contractual representation in the real estate, entertainment, and other entrepreneurial industries.
Sanders is the firm’s go-to expert for all matters concerning Opportunity Zones. Investors and real estate developers exclusively rely on him for program updates and comprehensive legal analyses, keeping them on the cutting edge of the program even before regulations are released.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Sanders was Founder and Principal of Sanders Legal Group, PLLC. Before becoming an attorney, Sanders participated in Agent Training Program at William Morris Agency (Endeavor) and worked at SNL Studios (the feature film division of Saturday Night Live).
Sanders received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his juris doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.
First Admitted: 2004, New York
Professional Webpage: http://www.rosenbergestis.com/Attorney-Profiles/Adam-R-Sande...
Bar / Professional Activity
- BOMA New York, 2026
- Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 2026
- New York State Bar Association, 2026
- City of New York Bar Association, 2026
- American Bar Association, 2026
- New York , 2004
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
Videos
- Inside R&E Podcast - The Residential Brokerage Process in NYC: Adapting from the Pandemic, Purchasing Trends and More, 2023
- Inside R&E Podcast - Operational Changes Since Covid-19, Implementation of Tech & Meeting Tenant Expectations, 2023
- Inside R&E Podcast - Real Estate Spotlight: Pine & Polk is Hudson Square’s Ultimate Provisions Shop and Speakeasy, 2023
- Opportunity Zones 101: The Nuts and Bolts Basics (by Adam Sanders), 2021
Educational Background
- University of Pennsylvania - BA
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Local Law 97: Condos and Co-Ops Facing Unique Financing Challenges, Co-Author, Local Law 97: Condos and Co-Ops Facing Unique Financing Challenges, New York Law Journal, 2024
- Navigating funding obstacles faced by condo and co-op buildings complying with Local Law 97 (Part III), Author, Navigating funding obstacles faced by condo and co-op buildings complying with Local Law 97 (Part III), Brick Underground, 2023
- Financing options to help NYC buildings comply with Local Law 97 emissions limits (Part II), Author, Financing options to help NYC buildings comply with Local Law 97 emissions limits (Part II), Brick Underground, 2023
- Local Law 97 kicks off this January. Is your building on track? (Part I: Overview), Author, Local Law 97 kicks off this January. Is your building on track? (Part I: Overview), Brick Underground, 2023
- “Keys to Development, Marketing & Leasing Assets Ahead of Delivery,” Bisnow’s New York Multifamily & Residents of the Future Conference, Moderator, October 2023, Moderator, Keys to Development, Marketing & Leasing Assets Ahead of Delivery, Bisnow’s New York Multifamily & Residents of the Future Conference, 2023
- “Amazon’s NY HQ Meets the Opportunity Zone Program,” New York Law Journal, February 2019, Amazon’s NY HQ Meets the Opportunity Zone Program, New York Law Journal, 2019
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Opportunity Zone Writers Council
Honors
- Client Champion, Martindale Hubbell, 2025
- AV Preeminent, Martindale Hubbell, 2025
Office location for Adam R. Sanders
11 Grand Central East
New York, NY 10017
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2014