Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005–2008)
Board Member, Arts & Business Council
Member, Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Member, CoreNet
Member, NAIOP
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5806
Fax: 215.963.5001
Bob Cooney is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Real Estate Group. He has represented clients in acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, build-to-suit projects, joint ventures, and financings, including structured finance transactions. Mr. Cooney also collaborates regularly with the Private Investment Funds Practice in connection with real estate fund formation and investments into real estate funds.
In the real estate industry, Mr. Cooney’s clients include REITs, pension funds and privately held real estate companies. He also represents Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit organizations with significant real estate holdings.
Mr. Cooney is active in the pro bono community. He is a board member and pro bono counsel to the Chester Community Improvement Project, a non-profit housing developer. He also handles pro bono real estate matters and is a board member for Philadelphia’s Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Mr. Cooney is a former member of the Executive Board of the Real Property Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and a lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Mr. Cooney is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1993, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, 1993, M.B.A.
- Swarthmore College, 1984, B.A.