About Clara Feldman
CHAIR, LUXURY BRANDS, SPECIALTY GOODS, AND RETAIL PRACTICE
Clara focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate and corporate transactions, with particular emphasis on complex commercial leasing, corporate transactions, financing, acquisitions, and sales. She counsels CEOs of multinational and global luxury brands, owners, developers, tenants, and private equity funds, including Fortune 500 companies, in the negotiation and drafting of intricate retail, office, ground, and restaurant leases, purchase and sale agreements, licensing, wholesale, financing documents, and general corporate contracts. Clara has distinguished herself by representing numerous European and global emerging and internationally acclaimed brands looking to expand their footprint in the United States.
As a trusted advisor, Clara’s clients turn to her for counsel across a wide variety of business and legal issues because of her broad-based and holistic approach and her knowledge gleaned from years of experience. For example, she often counsels’ clients with early corporate structure discussions, term sheet negotiations and strategy, lease execution, construction design, collaboration, and beyond. She works tirelessly to help the brands she works with navigate the opportunities and challenges in today’s marketplace.
Clara has also counseled clients in the hospitality industry, including the negotiation and drafting of partnership, shareholder, joint venture, license, operating, management, acquisition, sale, employment, and lease agreements for bars, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, casinos, and other food, beverage, and entertainment facilities.
While in law school, Clara served as a senior staff member for the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review and an intern for the Honorable Reinaldo E. Rivera at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department.
Outside the Firm
Clara enjoys travel and trying local foods, going to the gym (she is an avid runner), spending time with her family and friends, attending any live music event, and horseback riding.
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Experience
- Represented a European perfumer and maker of luxury candles and cosmetics in the expansion and “roll-out” of the company’s retail stores in the U.S. market.
- Represented a French luxury house and manufacturer of fine crystal in securing a lease in New York’s Meatpacking District on the corner of Ninth Avenue and 14th Street, which will enable the company to open a new boutique featuring a unique design concept and new products made of wax, leather, lacquer, and porcelain.
- Represented a European fragrance company in negotiating a global license and branding agreement for its product with an acclaimed New York hotel.
- Represented a French skincare brand in its spa expansion nationwide.
- Represented a premier ice cream brand in its “roll out” of the company’s stores nationwide along with location agreements for a collaboration with the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City featured on Bravo.
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News & Views
Events & Webinars / Speaking Engagement
Without Giving Away the Secret Sauce: What Really Matters to Today’s TenantsOctober 21, 2026
Honor / Honors & Awards
Clara Feldman Recognized in New York Real Estate Journal’s 2026 Women in Commercial Real Estate SpotlightAugust 25, 2026
Honor / Honors & Awards
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers GuideAugust 11, 2026
Alert / Publications
Practical Guidance for Luxury Brands Navigating Retailer InsolvencyJanuary 29, 2026
Media Coverage / News
Beauty Shops: Innovative NYC Retailers Are Creating Destinations for Visitors and InvestmentJanuary 23, 2026
Events & Webinars / Speaking Engagement
Meeting Consumer Demand: How Retail Brands Are Adapting & Innovating in Today’s MarketJune 24, 2025
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Recognitions
- 2026, listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers
- 2026, listed in New York Real Estate Journal’s Women in Commercial Real Estate Spotlight
- 2025, “Woman of Influence,” listed by GlobeSt.
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Memberships
- American Bar Association
Professional Activities
Clara serves as a member of the International Counsel of Shopping Centers (“ICSC”) and the American Bar Association.
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Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- St. John's University School of Law, JD
- Pace University-New York, BA, summa cum laude
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here.