• Celeste B. Williams works on real estate and environmental matters.

    Celeste assists in the representation of clients in real estate transactions, including purchases and sales, joint ventures, financings on behalf of both lenders and borrowers, and commercial leases involving a variety of property asset classes such as mixed-use, multifamily, retail, office, hospitality, residential and religious facilities. She also advises on real estate-related matters in connection with corporate transactions and financings. Celeste’s real estate work includes drafting and negotiating transactional documents as well as performing substantive due diligence and coordinating closing and post-closing activities.

    Celeste also advises clients on environmental issues across a range of industries, primarily environmental liabilities and the treatment of environmental risks in the context of corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; real estate transactions; and financing transactions. She conducts environmental due diligence and assists in the review and negotiation of transactional documents. She also assists in guiding clients in navigating environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy development and reporting under evolving ESG disclosure standards.

    Celeste also dedicates time to pro bono services, with a focus on asylum, family law and real estate issues.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., cum laude, Fordham University School of Law, 2023
      • Ruth Whitehead Whaley Scholar
      • Notes and Articles Editor, International Law Journal
      • Staff, Fordham International Law Journal
      • Advisor, Board of Student Advisors
    • B.A., magna cum laude, Strategic Communications, University of Missouri School of Journalism, 2020

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2024