Greg Ressa is Head of the Real Estate Department at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Greg has an active practice involving all aspects of the real estate industry with particular emphasis on representation of real estate opportunity funds, real estate mergers and acquisitions, and real estate finance. He has handled transactions involving The Blackstone Group, AIG, Northwood Investors, Centerbridge, Barclays Capital, Hilton Worldwide, Och-Ziff Real Estate and Dune Real Estate Fund on a wide variety of both domestic and international transactions.

Greg has been ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the categories of Real Estate (Nationwide) and Real Estate: Corporate (New York).

Greg joined Simpson Thacher in 1987 and was elected to become a member of the Firm in November 1995. He received his B.A. from Tufts University in 1984 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1987, where he was associate editor of the Fordham University Law Review.