Corporate · Transactional · Real Estate

Partner-level counsel. Without the partner overhead.

35+ years advising private investors, family offices, and C-suite executives on business transactions, real estate, and capital formation — across Philadelphia and New York City.

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35+
Years of
Experience
$300M+
Transactions
Managed
PA
Bar Member
Since 1987
Overview

Professional Summary

Charles Naselsky is an accomplished attorney and business advisor with decades of hands-on experience managing complex real estate and corporate transactions. His background includes partner-level positions at several large national and international law firms, providing full-service legal advisory to business clients across real estate, finance, restructuring, corporate governance, and capital formation. He founded CMN Advisors as a boutique firm delivering strategic legal and business counsel to closely held businesses, family offices, and C-suite executives — with the depth of a large firm at competitive, flexible rates.
Expertise

Core Strengths

Turn-key representation of private investors, family offices, and C-suite executives on day-to-day matters and targeted opportunities.
Direct involvement in the acquisition and management of assets and ventures, including complex transaction management.
Strategic advisor on acquisition, leasing, and disposition of real estate across all asset classes.
Portfolio and one-off lease negotiation on office, retail, and warehouse properties.
Structuring of financing, capital, and venture transactions — including presentations to principals, investors, lenders, and regulators.
Diligence, investigations, and acting as special counsel as part of underwriting.
Articulate communicator confident in public presentations with a concise and effective writing style.
Team-building and long-term relationship management across deal teams and third-party professionals.
Career

Professional Background

Naselsky has held partner positions at several large national and international law firms, providing full-service legal advisory to business clients. He founded CMN Advisors as a boutique firm providing strategic legal and business counsel to closely held, family office, and C-suite clients across real estate, corporate transactions, capital formation, and business governance. Member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1987.
Academic

Education

  • B.A. · 1982 Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania — Government & Law
  • J.D. · 1985 Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey — Law Review
  • Bar Admission · 1987 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Track Record

Experience & Transactions

  • 30+ year career focused on closely held and private ventures in real estate, entertainment, and leisure assets.
  • Leadership responsibility for complex transactions with single transaction / enterprise value in excess of $300MM.
  • Managed transactions on behalf of owners, lenders, and investors on a turn-key basis — from concept to diligence, documentation to underwriting and closing, operation to disposition.
  • Selected as the go-to advisor on unique financial and vehicle structures — designing overall approach to credit, acquisition, and capital plan.
  • Raised capital through private placements and Reg. D offerings; created investment vehicles and capital models; led promoting team presentations.
  • Turnkey real estate investment services across office, industrial/warehouse, multi-family, land, hotels, tax incentive/enterprise zones, and leisure assets — managing all third-party professionals from contract through disposition.
  • Implemented internal controls for compliance and regulatory review; managed risk analysis and protocols.
  • Strategic planning on behalf of theater management companies, race track developers, and hotel and leisure operators.
  • Evaluated and advised on organizational management; implemented controls over investment decisions, acquisitions, expansions, and restructures.
  • Intake, workup, and management of strategic partnerships and joint ventures on behalf of ownership, lenders, and financial partners.
  • Reliable, timely, and confidential reporting to senior executives and decision-makers.
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