Leonard Silverstein

About

Experience

• Vice Chairman at The Horeb Group, LLC
  Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  The Horeb Group is a water-focused acquisition and development company. By securing and developing access to water across the Southwest United States, Horeb creates a platform for major agricultural, utility, and real-estate development projects that cannot exist without a reliable and sustainable source of water.

• Senior Counsel at Dentons
  Apr 2022 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  Securities, Corporate Finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• President / Chief Operating Officer / Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
  Oct 2010 - Mar 2022 · 11 yrs 6 mos

  Leonard Silverstein co-founded Preferred Apartment Communities (PAC) in 2010, guiding it from concept and IPO in March 2011 through rapid national growth into a $7.2 billion asset REIT with a diversified portfolio spanning multifamily and student housing, grocery-anchored retail, and Class A office properties. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) acquired PAC in June 2022. Mr. Silverstein continued working with PAC through March 2025.

• Chief Operating Officer at Williams Asset Management, LLC
  Dec 2005 - Dec 2015 · 10 yrs 1 mo

  A privately-held real estate management company that organized three privately-held funds, raising an aggregate of $300 million and investing in over $1.5 billion in multi-family assets.

• Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
  Aug 1994 - 2004 · 9 yrs 6 mos

  Securities, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions partner