Max Dilendorf, Esq.

Max Dilendorf’s practice involves real estate and corporate transactions, commercial litigation, and digital security offerings.

Max has more than 15 years of combined experience as a transactional attorney, commercial litigator, business consultant, and entrepreneur.  Max is a trusted legal advisor to high growth businesses, startups, multinational families, investors, and foreign governments.

As part of the real estate practice, Max handles all phases of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, development, and leasing of real estate in New York.  Max represents foreign individuals and family offices in connection with investments in US-based real estate, funds, and private equity.  Over his career, Max successfully completed hundreds of real estate transactions in New York City.  Max is known as a highly-skilled negotiator and aggressive litigator, handling a variety of general real estate litigation matters including contract disputes between buyers and sellers, commercial landlords and tenants, and commercial contract disputes arising out of COVID-19.

Max provides strategic, transactional and regulatory advice to a wide range of both established and emerging participants in the FinTech space, and regularly represents token issuers, cryptocurrency exchanges, traditional and crypto investment funds, as well as family offices and managers wishing to cross-over to the blockchain sector.

Max regularly assists international and domestic entrepreneurs, businesses, venture investors, and startups at all stages of raising capital in the US.

Invited speaker at government and private institutions such IBM, HSBC, Berkshire Hathaway, NYU, the Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission, the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research Center.

Max was named to Super Lawyers’ New York Metro Area “Rising Star” in 2018, 2019 and 2020 in Real Estate and Technology Transactions sectors.

Speaking Engagements:

-New York.  Mona Shah Immigration Podcast.  Discussion:  “Buying US Green Card with Bitcoin? The EB-5 Program & Cryptocurrencies.”  January 22, 2020.

-Connecticut.  CCIM’s Annual Golf Symposium.  Panel Discussion: “Blockchain in Commercial Real Estate.  The Future is Here.”  September 9, 2019.

-New York.  Joint Webinar with OpenFinance, Harbor and Diginex.  “Slicing through the Hype Around Tokenized Securities.”  July 30, 2019.

-New York.   Synergy Global Forum, Executive MBA Program.  Presentation:  “Regulation of Digital Assets in the US.”  June 7, 2019.

-New York.  Peltz International.  Panel Discussion: “Real Estate Opportunity Funds.”  June 27, 2019.

-New York.  National Financial Network.  Joint presentation with Popular Bank.  “Structuring Real Estate Transactions Using Digital Assets.”  June 12, 2019.

-New York.  HSBC.  Presentation: “Foreign Investments in US Real Estate and Use of Digital Assets.” April 24, 2019.

-New York. Joint Webinar with tZero and Polymath.  “Security Token Framework: Interoperability Through Standards?” April 30, 2019.

-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asia Blockchain Review and Infinity Blockchain Ventures. Workshop. “Digital Securities (aka Security Tokens). How to launch STO in the US and issues to consider.” April 1, 2019.

-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre. Presentation: “Framework for Launching Digital Securities in the US and Global Modernization of Capital Markets.” March 29, 2019.

-New York. Joint Webinar with OpenFinance and Securitize.  “STO/DSO: from Planning to Secondary Trading.”  March 13, 2019.

-New York. IBM Blockchain Ventures. Workshop: “Double Header: Security Token v. Utility Token; Jurisdiction Selection.” March 4, 2019.

-New York. NYC Blockchain Center. Workshop: “Real Estate Tokenization.” February 14, 2019.

-New York. Blockchain Society Executives-Only NYC Conference. Panel Discussion: “Security Tokens v. Utility Tokens.” January 31, 2019.

-Hangzhou, China.  Bitrise Capital.  Masterclass:  “Issuance and Sale of Digital Securities in the US.”  December 12, 2018.

-Hong Kong, HK.  C-Block Capital.  Presentation: “Structuring Cross-Border Real Estate Transactions Using Cryptocurrency.”  December 4, 2018.

-Bangkok, Thailand.  Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  Topic: “Structuring Digital Security Offerings in the United States.”  November 26, 2018.

-New York.  Joint webinar with Securitize: “Real Estate Tokenization.”  November 19, 2018.

-New York. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.  Presentation: “Structuring Foreign Investment in New York Real Estate Using Bitcoin”.   November 7, 2018.

-New York.   US-China Real Estate Forum.   Panel Discussion: “Tokenization of Real Estate.”  October 11, 2018.

-New York.  New York University.   Panel Discussion: “Blockchain and Digital Securities Regulations in US and Abroad.”  July 25, 2018.

-Moscow, Russia.  Blockchain Week Conference.  Presentation: “How to Launch Compliant Digital Securities in the US.”   May 22, 2018.

-Moscow, Russia.  World Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Summit.  Panel Discussion: “Regulations of Cryptocurrency in the US an Abroad.”  May 19, 2018.