Mr. Markoff is the Managing Partner of Sherin and Lodgen LLP. He works with clients primarily on business and corporate real estate transactions and bank financings.

Mr. Markoff represents lenders and borrowers in various forms of debt and equity financings including real estate projects and secured and unsecured commercial loans for private and publicly held companies. He is well known in Greater Boston banking circles for his excellent work in assisting lenders structure and close sophisticated commercial loans, many of which are participated out or syndicated with other lenders.

Mr. Markoff represents investors in and developers of real estate. His work for developers includes acquisition and sale, permitting, financing and construction. His clients have developed or financed varieties of real property including multi-family and commercial condominiums, retail centers, office complexes, manufacturing and warehouse facilities.

Along with his real estate expertise, Mr. Markoff has many years of experience representing companies in mergers and acquisitions and recapitalization. He has been involved in the representation of companies and their owners in various corporate matters including governance issues, stockholder and employment agreements, non-competition agreements, trade secrets and intellectual property rights.

Mr. Markoff joined Sherin and Lodgen LLP in 1984 and became a partner the following year. He came to the firm with a background in accounting, having previously been a certified public accountant with the Boston office of Arthur Andersen LLP, where he gained experience auditing small business clients and doing tax planning and compliance work.

Mr. Markoff earned a B.A. in Economics from Oberlin College, an M.B.A. in Finance from Cornell University, a J.D. from Boston College, and an L.L.M. in Taxation from Boston University. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1977 and is a member (inactive status) of the Rhode Island Bar. He is also a member of the United States Tax Court.

Mr. Markoff serves as a Trustee of the Greater Boston Aid To The Blind, and is on the Executive Board of the American Jewish Committee and Chairman of its Nominating Committee. He is also a co-founding trustee of The Rachel Molly Markoff Foundation, a private foundation formed to assist families struggling with the treatment of children stricken with cancer.