ANN M. WAEGER

real estate & redevelopment

director

awaeger@farerlaw.com

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Ann M. Waeger is a director of the firm and a member of our Real Estate & Redevelopment practice group.

Ann joined the firm in 1986. She is experienced in dealing with purchases, sales and leases of industrial and commercial real estate, and in counseling clients concerning the formation of business entities and the financing of industrial and commercial real property and business assets. Ann’s practice also includes the oversight and negotiation of environmental insurance claims and the review, analysis, and negotiation of the new environmental insurance policies. She also counsels clients on issues related to sustainable development, including use of the new “green” insurance products. She has played a prominent role in negotiation and settlement of numerous insurance claims involving cost-recovery for investigative and remedial activities. She has also successfully negotiated numerous environmental insurance policies for use by clients, both in connection with the sale and redevelopment of contaminated properties and brownfields, and in connection with overall risk management programs.

Ann in a fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, whose members are widely regarded to be among the most accomplished in their field. A strong advocate for the advancement of women in the commercial real estate industry, she is a Director of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network, as well as past Chair of the CREW Network Member Education Committee. At the chapter level, she is a former Director and past President of ICREW NJ.

Ann lectures extensively on environmental insurance topics. She is a faculty member for a number of longstanding American Law Institute – American Bar Association courses, and has lectured at programs for CREW Network, the International Council of Shopping Centers, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the New York State Bar Association and the Environmental Protection Agency. Ann has also authored numerous articles and book chapters dealing with environmental insurance issues, including publications for the ABA, NJICLE and ACREL.

Ann is a Director and past Chair of the Business Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and is also a member of the NJSBA Environmental Law Section and the American and New York State Bar Associations.

Ann graduated from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1974 and from Fordham University School of Law in 1983. Her personal interests include literature, music and snorkeling.

Ann is named in Best Lawyers in America and is recognized by the Chambers USA Client Guide as a leader in both Real Estate and Environmental Law. She is named one of the Top 50 women and Top 100 “Super Lawyers” in New Jersey, and is accorded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest AV rating.