Kathryn Saft

Kathryn Saft is a partner with Greenspoon Marder LLP’s Real Estate practice group. She concentrates her practice on representing developers, buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants in a variety of complex real estate and commercial transactions. Ms. Saft also focuses on designing and implementing regulatory compliance programs, defending against administrative complaints and investigations and monitoring and improving corporate compliance positions. She is responsible for drafting regulatory policies and procedures, implementing licensing schemes for registration compliance, and reviewing advertising campaigns. In addition, she also handles regulatory matters as they apply to real estate, licensing, marketing and employment issues.

Ms. Saft has represented clients in connection with the acquisition and sale of commercial land matters, shopping centers, hotels and resorts and land use. She represents clients in both state and federal court and advises them in legal compliance. She defends clients before all federal regulatory bodies, such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission. She regularly responds to various state Attorney General and Division of Real Estate investigations and compliance inquiries.

In addition, she represents several leaders in the timeshare industry, including the largest privately-held timeshare and vacation ownership company in the U.S., handling a wide array of matters ranging from initial compliance to litigation defense under the following statutory schemes: the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Telemarketing Sales Rule, Fair Debt Collections Act, Dodd Frank Act, all state counterparts and state timeshare statutes.

Ms. Saft regularly presents to employees and independent contractors of resorts and developer clients on training and compliance issues related to collections, telemarketing, vacation club and timeshare regulation.

Ms. Saft actively works with the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), in order to review pending legislation affecting the timeshare industry nationwide and reviews proposed legislative changes as they relate to the timeshare industry.

She guides her clients through project planning, structure, regulatory, title, associations and administration of their properties, as well as advising on real estate contracts, closings, title review, and closing document preparation.