About Kathryn C. Appling
Kathryn Appling focuses her real estate practice on representing private equity funds, developers, financial technology companies, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, and investors in structuring and negotiating complex joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, financings, and restructurings involving a wide variety of assets, including property portfolios.
She also has experience advising New York-based nonprofits and governmental agencies in connection with the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, including development rights.
In addition to practicing real estate law at top-tier New York City law firms, Kathryn previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Brian Cogan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Outside the Firm
Kathryn enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and two children.
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Experience
- A real estate private equity firm in connection with the joint venture, acquisition, and financing of land parcels located in the Southwest.
- A financial institution in connection with the acquisition of its western New York headquarters.
- A real estate technology firm in connection with its joint venture, acquisition, and financing of multi-family properties located throughout the United States.
- A real estate private equity firm in the acquisition and financing of development parcels located in New York.
- A real estate technology firm in connection with its acquisition of distressed properties throughout the United States.
- A New York nonprofit in connection with the acquisition and financing of an office building located in Brooklyn, New York.
- A New York nonprofit in connection with the sale of development rights to neighboring building.
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News & Views
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®August 19, 2024
Cases & Deals / Deal
Blank Rome Represents Wabtec in Sale of Swiger Coil Systems to Integrated Power ServicesApril 18, 2024
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Recognitions
2024–2025, Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
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Memberships
- Asian American Bar Association of New York
Professional Activities
Kathryn serves as a class representative for The Spence School’s Alumnae Association and is active in the Georgetown University Admissions Alumni Program.
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Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
- Georgetown University, BS, cum laude
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