Ira Schuman

Professional Expertise 

Ira Schuman joined Savills (then Studley) in 1978, having completed his MBA from the University at Albany. He is the most senior active member of the firm. Since then, he has represented countless clients in a number of industries while specializing in the legal, nonprofit and educational sectors. In addition to serving as vice chairman, he is co-manager of the firm’s New York office.  

Awards, Achievements and Activities

Ira is a frequent speaker at real estate  and legal forums and has contributed articles to various real estate publications. He has also spoken at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Dirt Lawyers’ Luncheon on real estate leasing. He has been featured in several articles including The Commercial Observer's Power Broker column entitled "The Inventor: Studley Legend's Knack for Tinkering Transfers to Game-Changers" as well as in Real Estate Weekly for winning REBNY's ‘Most Ingenious Deal of the Year’ award. In fact, Ira has won the coveted award 5 times in the past 15 years, one of which was the Fedcap lease at Zero Irving. 

Ira also holds a patent from the U S patent office in connection with a GIS data appliance for identifying and comparing data associated with geographic regions.