Biography

Joanna Slusarz Debski is a partner in Herrick’s Real Estate Department, one of the largest in the New York City metropolitan area. Joanna focuses her practice on the structuring, negotiating and documenting of real estate finance transactions, including construction lending and asset-based lending.

Joanna works primarily with Herrick’s lender clients, from funds and other hard-money lenders to large national banks, to efficiently and swiftly close transactions that further their business interests. She regularly drafts and negotiates complex loan agreements and ancillary loan documents and reviews diligence as part of commercial real estate closings.

Joanna was recognized as one Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023 in the area of Real Estate Law. Additionally, Joanna was named one of Real Estate Weekly's "Rising Stars," for 2020. This listing focuses on up-and-coming professionals across all areas of real estate.