Joseph Michael Hernandez

Joe is Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group at Weiss Serota. Joe's transactional real estate and corporate experience spans over 25 years from his prior career as a real estate and corporate banker throughout his legal career. Joe represents a variety of clients, including real estate developers, financial institutions, private equity firms, high net worth individuals, and public entities in all phases of complex commercial real estate and business transactions. His experience includes acquisitions, development, financing, leasing, joint ventures, and advising clients in connection with raising capital for real estate projects in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Joe is also an agent for several national title insurance companies and has handled the resolution of complex title insurance issues involving real property in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Joe represents banks and other lending institutions in secured corporate loan transactions, including revolving credit facilities, asset-based lending, and other secured lending facilities.

Joe has extensive experience in advising clients in the resolution of business disputes, including disputes amongst partners, shareholders or members.

Prior to joining the firm, Joe served as General Counsel for an asset management firm owned by a large private equity firm which managed several luxury high-rise condominium projects. In that capacity, Joe served as director for various condominium associations and has extensive experience representing condominium developers and condominium associations.  Prior to that, Joe was the head of the real estate practice group at the Miami office of Hogan Lovells and was also a partner in the real estate practice group at Greenberg Traurig in Miami.

Joe is active in the community and was formerly the Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement of Greater Miami and now serves as a board member. He is also a member of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and the United Way's Young Leaders Society. In addition, Joe is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law and teaches a course in real estate finance in the Real Property Development L.L.M Program. - See more at: #