Lisa Lim

Lisa S. Lim joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2025 and is a Member of the firm’s Transactions Department and New York City Development Group. Lim focuses her practice in real estate finance and development, economic development, and affordable housing. Her transactional experience includes representing borrowers, lenders, and government agencies in the structuring, negotiation, and closing of complex transactions. She works with clients on the acquisition and/or disposition, construction, development, and/or preservation of multifamily and mixed-use developments, condominiums, hotels, senior housing, and public and charter schools, churches, and community projects. A focus of her practice is public-private collaborations with an emphasis on tax exempt bonds, affordable housing, and regulatory frameworks. Lim has served as lead counsel on a number of 80/20 projects and other prominent developments that have helped to revitalize and develop various parts of New York City. Lim’s major transactions include Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island, the Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy I, in Harlem, a three-phased  mixed-use 500 unit affordable housing development in East New York with parking and retail, and the New York Genome/University of Buffalo Genomics Center joint venture.

Lim has negotiated and closed deals involving the following agencies: Empire State Development (ESD), New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC), Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC), New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), Housing Trust Fund Corporation (HTFC), the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, New York State Housing Finance Agency (HFA), New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC), New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the School Construction Authority (SCA), the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac.

Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Lim was the general counsel at the New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust, and prior to that, a partner at Akerman LLP where she led the affordable housing group. Lim has held numerous positions in state and city agencies. Her experience includes tenures at Empire State Development; the New York State Housing Finance Agency; the State of New York Office of the Attorney General; and the Law Department of the New York City Housing Authority.

Education

• J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1990
• B.A., cum laude, Wellesley College, 1986

Admissions

Bars

• New York
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• New Jersey

Courts

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Recent Published Work and Lectures

• NYC Boroughs Virtual OZ Forum, sponsored by Akerman LLP, Moderator, “Role of Institutions in OZ Development”, September 16, 2020
• Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) Manhattan, East Meets West Conference, Moderator, "Urban vs. Suburban -- Is the Overflow from Urban to Suburban a Myth?" September 30, 2020
• North Philadelphia Opportunity Zone Workshop sponsored by Akerman LLP and Temple University, Moderator, “Use of OZ for Affordable Work Force and Market Rate Housing”, January 21, 2020

Affiliations

• Asian American Bar Association New York (AABANY), Real Estate Committee, Member
• Asian Real Estate Professionals in America (AREPA New York Metro), Member
• Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) Manhattan, Board Member
• Fordham University School of Law, Minority Mentorship Program, Co-Chair
• Fordham University School of Law, Urban Law Center, Board Member
• New York State Bar Association, Member
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Pro Bono Mediator
• The Child School/Legacy High School, Board Member

Awards and Recognitions

• Recipient of the Best Lawyer Award hosted by the Chinese and United States Outstanding Chinese Selection Committee and Taishanese in America magazine.
• New York Real Estate Journal 2019, Recognized as a “Leading Woman in Real Estate”
• Recipient of the Best Hotel Lawyer Award by the America China Hotel Association, October 2018
• Super Lawyers Magazine 2015-2020, Listed in New York for Real Estate: Business
• The Legal 500 2015, Recommended for Real Estate and Construction - Real Estate
• Sokol Media and NYCREW 2015, Recognized as "15 Top Women to Watch in 2015" in Real Estate

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