Daniel Kaskel is the Chair of the firm’s Real Estate, Corporate, Land Use & Financial Services Group and a member of the Community Associations Practice Group. Mr. Kaskel is among Florida’s handful of double Board Certified attorneys by the Florida Bar, holding certifications in Real Estate Law and Condominium & Planned Development Law.
Dan Kaskel practices in the areas of real estate acquisition and development, real estate financing, condominium and homeowner association formation and operation, real estate and commercial lending, retail and office leasing, zoning issues and title insurance matters. He has represented real estate developers and investors in virtually all phases of project financing and development throughout the United States, including bulk acquisition of condominium units, management of distressed properties, development/acquisition/ financing of mixed used communities, shopping centers, residential high rise projects, office parks, assisted living facilities, single family home communities, multi-tiered condominium and townhome communities. He has assisted clients in creating planned unit developments, master property owners associations, and community development districts. He has also represented clients in the structuring and formation of corporate entities and joint venture arrangements.
Mr. Kaskel has significant experience in representing borrowers and lenders in connection with commercial loan transactions, including loan work-outs and restructuring. Loans have including construction financing, acquisition and development loans, bridge financing, permanent financing and mezzanine financing. Additionally, he has represented regional and national landlords and tenants in drafting, negotiating and modifying commercial leases throughout the United States.
Mr. Kaskel frequently represents out-of-state and foreign purchasers and borrowers in connection with Florida transactions and title insurance matters.
Mr. Kaskel has represented national telecommunication carriers, property owners and municipalities in connection with drafting and negotiating telecommunications leases and counseling on zoning matters relating to telecommunication uses.
Previously, Mr. Kaskel was engaged as general counsel to E.B. Developers of Boca Raton, Florida, where he oversaw the firm’s legal affairs, including loan negotiation and work-out, planning, forming and drafting community association documents, drafting and negotiating property acquisition documents, due diligence issues, financing, zoning and permitting, and asset disposition. Prior to joining E.B. Developers, Mr. Kaskel was a senior attorney with Becker & Poliakoff in Fort Lauderdale. Mr. Kaskel practiced law in New Jersey for several years before moving to Florida in 1999. His previous positions include real estate attorney with Drinker, Biddle and Reath, counsel to Garden Homes/Wilf Organization, Assistant Deputy Public Defender in Union County, New Jersey, and Tax Associate with Price Waterhouse Coopers.
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Board Certified Real Estate Attorney by The Florida Bar
Board Certified Condominium & Planned Development Attorney by The Florida Bar
Member Florida Bar Grievance Committee (2010 – 2013; 2018 – 2020)
Florida Bar Grievance Committee Chair (2012-2013; 2019-2020)
Member, Board of Directors, South Palm Beach County Bar Association (2014 – 2018)
Chair South Palm Beach County Bar Association Real Estate Law Committee (2010 – 2014)
Member, Florida Bar Task Force on Open Construction Permits
Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar
Vice President, Boca Raton Synagogue
Former Board Member of the Jewish Association for Residential Care (“JARC”)
AV Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
Super Lawyers
Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Florida Bar – 1994
New Jersey Bar – 1993
Western New England College School of Law, JD, 1992
Rutgers School of Law, third year law school – June, 1991 – May, 1992
State University of New York at Binghamton, BA, 1987
“Bulk Acquisition of Florida Distressed Condominiums”, New York Law Journal, 2010
"If You Love Me Let Me Go: Tips on Establishing Florida Domicile", New York Law Journal, 2019
University of Miami Boyers Institute on Condominiums and Cluster Developments
Lectured on Drafting Principles of Real Estate Contracts and Elements of Real Estate Contracts
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