Andrew S. Cohen

As partner and lead counsel, Andy represents commercial real estate developers primarily in the areas of multi-family, industrial, retail and mixed-used projects.

He specializes in Public Facility Corporation transactions which facilitate affordable housing projects across Texas. To date, Andy and his team have been involved in more than 30 PFC transactions with an average transaction size in excess of $80,000,000.00.

Andy’s expertise allows him to guide clients throughout the entire lifecycle of development transactions from land acquisition, title and survey review, and the formation of joint ventures, to financing, development, leasing and disposition of properties.

Prior to founding Cohen Rabinowitz, Andy was a shareholder at Hornberger Fuller Garza & Cohen where he served clients throughout Texas and across the United States. He also served as a partner at Golden Steves Cohen & Gordon LLP as well at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld where he was a partner in the real estate department of that company’s San Antonio office.

Practice Highlights

Represented owners and developers of industrial projects, including the negotiation of leases with numerous Fortune 100 companies

• Represented developers of hotels in Texas, Arizona and Florida
• Represented a national hotel company in a series of dispositions of its hotel portfolio, including the sale of a total of thirty-five hotels located in fourteen states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
• Represented a developer in the acquisition, financing, construction, leasing and ultimate sale of a $100 million+ multi-property office and industrial portfolio
• Represented an institutional real estate fund in investment programs with a retail developer to acquire, lease, develop and sell retail properties throughout the United States
• Represented a pension fund advisor in the acquisition, ownership, leasing and disposition of several large office projects

Professional Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas — Real Estate, Probate and Tax Section
• San Antonio Bar Association
• Real Estate Council of San Antonio
• Texas Bar Foundation

Professional Citations and Community Involvement

• Best Lawyers in America — Real Estate 2016 – 2024
• Chair, Emergency Food and Shelter Board Program of Bexar County
• Real Estate Council of San Antonio
• Texas Bar Foundation

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Education

 University of Pennsylvania, BA, Magna Cum Laude, 1991

University of Michigan, J.D., 1994

Licensed

 Texas, 1994