Mark Pateman

Mr. Pateman began his legal career at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York providing transactional legal advice to banks, life companies, and other financial institutions. Upon moving to Florida full time in 1998, he joined Shutts & Bowen, LLP where he expanded his real estate practice to include acquisitions and dispositions, title insurance, leasing, development, and related corporate matters, representing a wide range of clients from entrepreneurs to large institutions. He has extensive experience closing complex transactions such as Section 1031 exchanges and build-to-suit ground leases. After leaving the full-time practice of law in 2002, Mr. Pateman opened Empire Resources, LLC a brokerage and consulting firm. His expert lease negotiation skills, wide array of marketing expertise, and broad business network make him a valuable asset to the Cushman & Wakefield team. Mark currently manages the West Palm Beach and Boca Raton office with 25 brokers, 4.5M SF of Agency leasing portfolio, an average of 400,000 SF of occupier representation per year, and an average of $400M of investment sales in any given year. .