Alexander Chester is a skilled transactional lawyer with a particular focus in the health care, sports, and media industries. He uses his diverse experience in corporate and real estate law to represent clients in the health care industry with the acquisition, disposition, operation, and leasing of senior care and other health care facilities.
Alex also represents investors in the sports industry in connection with franchise investment and acquisition, developers in stadium/project development, and clients interested in licensing and sponsorship transactions. His real estate experience includes representing developers, major corporations, real estate funds, investment banks, institutional lenders, property owners, tenants, and joint venture partners in the acquisition, financing, management, leasing, subleasing, and operation of office buildings, retail centers, hotels, and commercial projects.
- University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 2005)
- Politics, Arabic & Hebrew Studies
- Harvard Law School (J.D., 2010)
- New York
- James H. Fogelson Emerging Leadership Award, UJA-Federation of New York, 2021
- Times of Israel Gala Guest of Honor, 2015
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Advocate of the Year, 2010
- UJA-Federation of New York, Young Lawyers; Leadership Committee, 2013-present; Shared Society Committee, 2017-2024
- Ben Porat Yosef, Board of Trustees, 2020-present; Secretary, 2024-present
- Etzion Foundation, 2017-present
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Professional Affiliations
• Sports Lawyers Association
• New York City Bar Association
