Shalini Natesan focuses her practice in the areas of Business Law, Hospitality Law, Municipal Law, and Real Estate Law.
Ms. Natesan is equipped with over 10 years of experience in Corporate Law and has handled business matters, such as change of ownership, buy-sell agreements, drafting the necessary documents for all business and corporate formations and transactions, while also creating subsidiary entities to handle specific areas of businesses throughout New York State and the Northeast. Additionally, Ms. Natesan has worked in navigating very large commercial real estate transactions, including the purchase and sale of real property, rental/lease agreements, and bank representation.
Shali has previous experience working on public finance transactions involving New York State agencies and authorities, industrial development agencies, local development corporations, municipalities and school districts. She also previously represented lenders in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 loan program.
Ms. Natesan is the President of the Albany County Bar Foundation. Her position on the Foundation’s Board allows her to donate her time and expertise to the community and service people in need by being a part of the decision-making process. Ms. Natesan has served on the Board for the last three years as the Secretary and Treasurer and her new role as President allows her to continue her path of leadership and service in the legal field.
Shali is active in the community as she contributes much of her time to a local non-profit organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region. Taking the role of a Big Sister, Shalini is a vital part of the organization’s mentoring program, as she volunteers to spend time with her “Little Sister” in order to make a positive impact on her growth and development as a responsible member of the community.
- Albany Law School
- J.D. (2006) | Business Law
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- McMaster University
- Bachelor's of Commerce (Honours BCom) (2003)
- Minor in Economics
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- Attorney
- The Towne Law Firm, P.C.
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- Principal Partner 2022-present; Senior Associate Attorney 2021-2022
- Associate Attorney
- Barclay Damon LLP
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- Attorney
- Lemery Greisler LLC
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- Mack & Associates, PLLC
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- Manager
- EY
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2016-2017
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region
- Big Sister
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- National Association of Dealer Counsel
- Member
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- Eastern New York Coalition of Automotive Retailers
- Affiliate Member
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- District of Columbia Bar
- Member
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- Albany County Bar Foundation
- President
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- Activities: Member; Secretary/Treasurer 2020-2022
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- Pennsylvania State Bar # 330919
- Member
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- New York State Bar # 4466074
- Member
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- Massachusetts State Bar # 666898
- Member
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
- ID Number: 666898
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4466074
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- Pennsylvania
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- ID Number: 330919
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- Credit Cards Accepted
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- Collections
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Hospitality Law
- English
- Tamil
- Website
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