11.19.26
Event Sponsor: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
New Jersey Law Center and Online
9:00am – 4:00pm
Greenbaum Real Estate practice leader Jack Fersko will serve as a program coordinator, moderator, and speaker for a seminar on “Advanced Topics in Commercial Leasing 2026” on Thursday, November 19, 2026. The full-day presentation will be hosted by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education from 9:00am – 4:00pm at the New Jersey Law Center and will also be available for online viewing.
Greenbaum Litigation practice leader Luke J. Kealy will join Jack as a panelist for this presentation, who will address a broad spectrum of important and sophisticated subjects that all real estate lawyers need to understand to practice in today’s competitive commercial leasing marketplace.
The program agenda will include the following topics:
- Unusual Asks: What Asks Should a Tenant Make, that it Never Does, but a Landlord Will (Should) Give; What Asks Does a Tenant Regularly Make, that a Landlord Will Not (But Should) Give
- Lease Termination and Enforcement Issues
- Going In – Going Out: Tenant Improvements, Removal Restrictions, Condition on Surrender, Credit Enhancements (for Landlords and Tenants)
- Additional Rent Pass-Through Issues: What Gets Passed Through (insurance, taxes, CAM charges, etc.), Carve Outs, Capital Expenses, Base Year, Gross-Up of Additional Rent Items, Controllable Expense, Caps on Annual Increases in Additional Rent
- Use of AI in Commercial Lease Transactions
- Keep the Money Flowing: Leasehold Financing Issues from a Landlord and Tenant Perspective
Jack’s practice reflects his extensive experience as a commercial real estate and general business lawyer, which has enabled him to develop a highly analytical perspective on transactions by pinpointing the significant business and legal issues that are critical to a client’s success. His legal services emphasize industrial, commercial and retail real estate activities, with a particular concentration on the acquisition, disposition and leasing of industrial properties, development and redevelopment projects, financing, environmentally impacted transactions, landlord-tenant issues, and alternative energy initiatives.
Luke is a commercial litigator and trial attorney who handles a wide range of business disputes, with a primary focus on the commercial real estate industry. His diverse experience includes disputes involving landlords and tenants, leases, contracts, real estate brokerage, partnerships, and community and homeowner associations. He represents a wide array of clients including warehouse, industrial,retail and office landlords, commercial tenants, real estate brokers, and business owners located throughout New Jersey.
Additional program information and registration on the NJICLE website.