Mark S. Edelstein concentrates his practice in the area of real estate finance and regularly represents lenders in a wide variety of mortgage and construction loan transactions, involving, among other asset types, office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, multi-family apartment buildings, nursing homes and condominium and cooperative developments. Mr. Edelstein is an expert on syndicated and participated loan arrangements, and has written extensively on the subject.

Mr. Edelstein is an author of numerous articles and a frequent lecturer on topics involving real estate finance matters. In addition, he had a regular "Question and Answer" column in, and was on the Advisory Board of, Warren Gorham Lamont's Creditors Workout Strategies. He is a member of a number of national and local real estate trade groups, including the Urban Land Institute, Mortgage Bankers Association and the Real Estate Board of New York. He is also a member of the Real Estate and Construction Council of Lincoln Center.

Mark Edelstein joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as a partner in its Real Estate Group in 1999. From 1992-1999, Mr. Edelstein was a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.