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title: Law360 Profiles Partner Robert D. Bickford Jr. on Working on Two of 2016’s Largest Real Estate Deals
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# Law360 Profiles Partner Robert D. Bickford Jr. on Working on Two of 2016’s Largest Real Estate Deals

 June 3, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [Robert D. Bickford Jr.](/Our-People/Robert-D-Bickford-Jr) is the subject of the *Law360* article ​“1 Lawyer Handles Year’s Top 2 Real Estate Deals So Far.” The article discusses Mr. Bickford’s guidance of two multibillion-dollar sales of Midtown Manhattan office towers – the largest real estate deals in 2016 so far. AXA Financial retained Mr. Bickford for its sale of the towers, 787 Seventh Avenue and 1285 Sixth Avenue, for $1.94 and $1.65 billion dollars, respectively. Both deals closed successfully, which Mr. Bickford accredits to ​“patience, persistence, \[and\] attention to detail.”

Mr. Bickford’s relationship with client AXA started more than three decades ago. ​“I can recall working on a transaction for what was then the Equitable Life Assurance Society, before AXA acquired it, as long ago as 1980,” he said. ​“I’ve always tried to build my practice around long-term relationships.”

 

 

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