Robert L. Nessen, Chairman
Mr. Nessen is a leading authority on net lease and other credit real estate financing. He began his career in 1958 at the law firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood where he specialized in corporate real estate finance and was engaged in closing the first major sale-leaseback transaction. Since that time, he has been a leader in all aspects of real estate and corporate asset-backed finance and has been involved in closing over $6 billion of transactions.

Mr. Nessen is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law, where he teaches real estate finance and taxation. He has written the authoritative book on real estate finance, Real Estate Finance and Taxation: Structuring Complex Transactions, as well as two other books on real estate and on tax policy. He also has written about real estate, finance and tax matters for the New York Times and the Harvard Business Review and other major journals and magazines.

Mr. Nessen received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School.