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Paul Safran is a practicing attorney and Vice-Chair of the Firm's statewide Real Estate Group. Paul is also a member of the Firm's recently formed Distressed Real Estate Practice Group. He has over twenty years experience in virtually every aspect of real estate transactions, including representation of clients concerning residential and commercial real estate sales, leasing, development, and financing; extensive lender representation and developer representation; title insurance matters; all aspects of real estate owned (REO) properties, administrative real estate tax appeals, shopping center leases; and EPA issues. Prior to joining Becker & Poliakoff, Paul was the Director of Operations, Vice-President and Counsel for Transamerica Finance Corporations' Municipal Finance Division: Transamerica Business Credit Corporation/M Credit, Inc., where he had direct legal and business oversight over all of the Company's assets. Paul's duties at Transamerica and M Credit, were he worked from 1999-2007, included, among other things, conducting negotiations, drafting and/or reviewing all documentation concerning the acquisition, financing or sale of bulk assets to/from Municipalities/Purchasers/Sellers; management of all aspects of the collection, preservation and disposition of the Company's portfolio, supervision of all due diligence and risk management functions, supervision and monitoring of all foreclosure and quiet title actions, direct supervision and oversight over the acquisition, maintenance, and disposition of all REO properties, consisting of over 750 properties in numerous states: including negotiation/drafting purchase and sale agreements, bulk purchase agreements, broker listing agreements, maintenance/repair contracts, landlord/tenant issues, EPA issues, occupancy agreements, extensive loan documentation negotiation/drafting, litigation management, creditor/debtor litigation, bankruptcy, title insurance and administrative agency issues. Paul's business responsibilities included among other things: formulating the company's business plan, direct supervision over all of the company's employees, preparation and coordination of the company's budget, preparation of all President’s reports and Senior Management reports, and approval of all company acquisitions and expenditures. Paul was in private practice before joining Transamerica, working in the Palm Beach office of a large regional law firm. He represented buyers/sellers/lenders in all types of commercial and residential real estate transactions, with a concentration in real estate finance. | 