Andy Kauss has extensive experience in advising large real estate and corporate clients on a broad range of sophisticated real estate transactions, including development, leasing and acquisitions, and sales. He regularly represents clients in the organization of ownership structures for real estate assets, and the formation of institutional capital for investment in real estate with collateral knowledge of the tax exempt investor and ERISA aspects of such matters. He has represented several real estate industry and corporate clients in the development of major investment and corporate real estate projects; has represented several companies in headquarters office leasing transactions of more than 100,000 square feet of space; and has represented clients in the organization of investment funds for institutional investors that have invested over $1 billion in real estate assets nationwide.
Mr. Kauss was listed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law in 2012 and the six years immediately preceding. He has been named a 2009, 2010 and 2011 Georgia "Super Lawyer" for Real Estate Law by SuperLawyers magazine and recognized in the 2009 Legal 500 US. In 2011, Mr. Kauss was named by International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in the area of Real Estate. He has been named in Georgia Trend magazine's "Legal Elite" list and is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*
* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.
Professional & Community Activities
American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member
Atlanta District Council of the Urban Land Institute, Advisory Board
The Epstein School Foundation, Inc., Director and President
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, Director
The Weber School, Founding Trustee
The Epstein School, Trustee, Past-President (1995-1997)
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Former Trustee