Jothy Narendran is Chair of Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP’s banking and financial services practice group.
She represents institutional and private lenders in a variety of commercial real estate financing transactions.
These include acquisition and construction loans, equipment financing, leasehold financing, multi-lender participation/syndicated financing, real estate investment trust and interest rate swap transactions, revolving credit facilities, letters of credit, industrial development agency transactions, Section 1031 exchanges and reverse exchange loans, mezzanine and structured financing and defeasances.
Throughout her career, Jothy has worked on a variety of properties, ranging from multifamily properties to assemblages of entire city blocks for the development of multi-use projects, including residential, retail, and office components.
She has also negotiated regulatory agreements, leases, and subordination agreements with various municipal agencies. Jothy also acts as counsel to lenders in connection with negotiating intercreditor agreements, triparty agreements, and note sales and purchases.
Jothy is a member of Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP’s management committee and Co-Managing Partner with Steven R. Schlesinger.
Prior to joining Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP in 2010, Jothy was a partner at another prominent Long Island law firm. Before that, Jothy served for eight years as the controller of G&S Investors, a real estate development firm.
Jothy received her JD from Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, her MBA from Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University and her BS in Business Administration from New York Institute of Technology.
She is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and New Jersey.
Jothy is President of Spectrum Designs, an autism employment nonprofit organization that provides employment to teens and young adults on the Autism Spectrum. She is also the Chair of the Board of Governors for Touro Law Center.
Jothy has been recognized by her peers and her community throughout the years. In 2023 alone, she received the Top Lawyers of Long Island Award from Herald Publications, Long Island Influencers Most Dynamic Women Leaders from Long Island Business News and had the honor of becoming a Named Partner at Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP.
In 2022, Jothy was recognized as one of the Power 25 in Law by Long Island Business News. In 2021, she received the Paul S. Miller Award from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. In 2019, she received the Diversity in Business Award by Long Island Business News and also the Top Lawyers of Long Island Award by Herald Publications. In 2017, Jothy was recognized as a Who’s Who in “Women in Professional Services,” by Long Island Business News. From 2014-2016, she was named to the Long Island’s Top Legal Eagles List by Long Island Pulse Magazine. In 2013, Jothy received the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business Award from Long Island Business News. In 2009, she was awarded Public Service Attorney of the Year by Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and in 2007, she was the recipient of the Presidential Award by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island.
