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Anthony J. Vizzoni, Esq.
Partner

Anthony J. Vizzoni is a partner in the firm and he Chair’s the firm’s Business Services Group.  He is also Co-Chair of the firm’s Trucking and Logistics Group.  He focuses his practice on commercial real estate, financing and transactional matters.  Prior to joining Becker, Mr. Vizzoni served as in-house counsel to a well-respected real estate development firm. In that capacity, Mr. Vizzoni gained vast legal, operational and business experience in all aspects of real estate investment, real estate financing and real estate development. 

 

Mr. Vizzoni regularly represents clients in the purchase and sale of all types of commercial real estate properties.  His representation of clients purchasing real estate assets typically includes due diligence oversight with respect to approvals, financing, environmental, title, tenancies, and other matters usually assessed during due diligence activities.  Mr. Vizzoni also specializes in representing real estate developers and commercial property owners in secured and unsecured financing transactions with lenders ranging from traditional institutional bank lenders to “hard money” private investors to private placement filings of group investors.  

 

Mr. Vizzoni represents both landlords and tenants in commercial real estate settings inclusive of traditional office uses, hospitality centers, warehouse facilities, retail spaces, and multi-family markets.  He has negotiated millions of dollars of lease volume and has experience in unique settings such as negotiation of telecom and other utility leases and negotiating with governmental agencies, such as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in which Mr. Vizzoni has negotiated on behalf of many trucking companies operating out of the designated port locations.

With his diverse and unique real estate and business background, Mr. Vizzoni is well equipped to represent clients in both distressed real estate workouts and distressed business situations.  He has successfully negotiated millions of dollars of distressed loans in workouts in a host of diverse businesses.  On the real estate workouts, he has assisted his clients in the repositioning of distressed real estate properties so as to provide an exit strategy to lenders while salvaging the real estate asset for his clients.  His real estate workouts have included negotiations on behalf of the owners of office buildings, apartment complexes, industrial complexes, partially completed subdivisions, hotels/motels, and raw unimproved land.


Mr. Vizzoni also regularly represents many trucking companies and logistics providers.  In addition to his expertise in the commercial real estate sector, where he represents trucking and logistics providers in the negotiations of the leasing or purchasing of significant warehouse and distributions centers, trucking terminals, and Port Authority properties, he regularly advises his trucking and logistics clients in strategic planning matters. Over the years, Mr. Vizzoni has been instrumental in helping his trucking and logistics clients achieve growth and gain market share, acting as lead counsel on several mergers and acquisitions in the trucking and logistics sectors.

Mr. Vizzoni has authored several articles on various topics inclusive of general real estate, commercial tenancies, financing matters, distressed workouts, and trucking and transportation industry issues.  He has been a panelist on webinars and has been interviewed on podcasts on various topics.

 

Panels & Presentations
 

  • Protecting Your Trucking & Logistics Companies When a Customer Files for Bankruptcy Protection:  March 28, 2023   Read More

  • Using Phantom Stock Plans as a Valuable Tool in Retaining Employee Drivers:  January 12, 2023  Read More

  • "Greatest Threat to Your Transportation Business Could Be From Within":  July 2022   In this episode of The Hot Seat Podcast, Spencer Tenney sits down with Joe Harraka and Anthony Vizzoni, both partners at Becker LCC, discussing how to protect your business from itself.  View Recording

  • A Look at Advanced Funding for the Trucking & Logistics Industry in 2021 and Forward :  May 11, 2021   View Recording

  • CARES Act and FFCRA: A Webinar Covering the Benefits of the Federal Stimulus Package for the Transportation Industry:  April 13, 2020   View Recording

Publications

  • Using Phantom Stock Plans as a Valuable Tool in Retaining Employee Drivers:  January 12, 2023  Read More

  • ​Industry Partners Discuss “The Current Trends for Developers in New Jersey for the Logistics Marketplace”:  February 15, 2022   Read More

  • Underride Guards Legislation May Soon Become Federal Law:  March 11, 2021  Read More

  • New Jersey’s Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order No. 192 Imposing COVID Safety Standards on all New Jersey Businesses:  October 29, 2020   Read More

  • Becker’s Anthony J. Vizzoni interviews Richard Marchisio of LEE & Associates discussing the Current State of Real Estate Affairs in the Logistics Marketplace :  October 7, 2020   Read More

  • U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Historic National Freight Strategic Plan:  September 10, 2020   Read More

  • U.S. District Court Grants Final Approval of a Settlement between PAM Transport Services, Inc. and Thousands of Drivers:  Aug. 7, 2020   Read More

  • House Passes Amendments To Payroll Protection Program:   June 3, 2020   Read More

  • FAQ #46:   Welcomed News For Many PPP Borrowers:  May 13, 2020    Read More

  • FAQ #40: SBA Guidance As To Those Employees Unwilling To Return To The Workforce:  May 5, 2020 Read More

  • Industry Specialists Discuss the Impact of COVID-19 on the Transportation Industry:  May 19, 2020 Read More 

  • FAQ #31:   THE PPP PANDORA’S BOX :  April 27, 2020    Read More

  • "Federal Government Provides Assistance to Small Businesses to Help Offset Covid-19 Losses":  April 2, 2020 - Read More

  • Financial Challenges in the Trucking Industry:  February, 23, 2019   Read More

  • Third Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Truckers' State Wage:  October 18, 2017   Read More

Business Services 

Corporate

Real Estate

Trucking and Logistics

Areas of Specialty:

Construction Law

Leasing

Property Acquisition 

Real Estate Finance 
 

Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.

Seton Hall University, B.S.
 

Admitted Into Practice:
New Jersey

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