Spyros Arsenis

Principal

For nearly two decades, Spyros Arsenis has devoted his practices to all aspects of real estate in New York and New Jersey. He serves as a strategic advisor, advocate, and negotiator for his clients and prioritizes being part of his client's team.

In his real estate practice, Spyros handles the acquisitions and sales of commercial properties, ground leases, residential real property, commercial leasing, real estate finance, land use, zoning, and joint venture agreements.  He negotiates and prepares various leases for both landlords and tenants, including retail, office, ground, and industrial. Rounding out his real estate practice is his representation of banking institutions and borrowers in finance transactions. He drafts joint venture and preferred equity agreements and negotiates complex real estate purchase and sale agreements. 

Spyros also devotes his practice to sports law, managing high-profile transactions and negotiations involving prominent athletes and organizations. His understanding of sports law further enables him to guide clients through intricate sports and business transactions.

Spyros serves as a lecturer on "Sports Law in the U.S.A." at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid as part of their Global Master's in International Sports Law program. Fluent in Greek, Spyros brings a global perspective to his practice and has contributed several insightful publications on sports law.

    Education

    • St. John's University School of Law (LL.M.)
      • International Sports Law
    • St. John's University School of Law (J.D.)
      • Staff member, St. Johns Law Review
    • Illinois Institute of Technology (M.S.)

    State Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Professional Affiliations

    • Sports Lawyers Association 
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Firm Highlights

  • Podcasts
    Artful Donations: Exploring Museum Exchange
    In this episode of The Legal Canvas, host Caryn Keppler welcomes Robert Wainstein and Michael Darling, co-founders of Museum Exchange, the first digital platform dedicated to facilitating art donations to museums and nonprofit institutions across North America. Together, they explore how technology is transforming the way collectors, artists, estates, and cultural organizations connect through charitable giving. Robert and Michael explain the inspiration behind Museum Exchange, the challenges they set out to solve, and how the platform has grown into a network of more than 400 museums. They walk listeners through the donation process—from evaluating artwork and matching donors with institutions to handling logistics, documentation, and tax considerations. Along the way, they discuss the realities of museum collecting, why many donations are declined, and how thoughtful placements can help preserve artists' legacies while expanding access to important works of art. The conversation also explores Museum Exchange's work with living artists, artist estates, hospitals, universities, and smaller regional museums, as well as the launch of the Charis Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit designed to steward significant collections before placing them with institutions that can best benefit from them. Robert and Michael conclude by sharing their vision for the future of charitable art transactions and how Museum Exchange is helping reshape philanthropy in the arts for generations to come.