The law firm Gawthrop Greenwood has announced that real estate and business attorney Michael Naseef joined the firm as a partner effective June 14. The announcement comes less than a year after Gawthrop Greenwood became one of the largest law firms supporting homeowners associations (HOAs), planned communities, condominium associations and cooperatives across Pennsylvania in the residential and commercial arena.

With more than 24 years of experience practicing in real estate and business law, Naseef has represented developers, builders and investors in residential and commercial land development and zoning related matters, including the acquisition, development, financing, leasing and transfer of real estate. He has conducted more than 1,000 commercial and residential closings and supported the legal needs of numerous community associations and HOAs. He will join Gawthrop Greenwood's expanding Community Association Law Department and participate in its well-established transition practice, working with the boards of directors for community associations as they assume leadership from builder-developers and deal with financial and governing issues that require complex community documentation.

Naseef has also served as counsel for numerous small- and medium-sized businesses, advising business owners regarding corporate structural issues and governance matters as well as successfully completing the acquisition and sale of assets for privately held companies.

Naseef will serve in Gawthrop Greenwood's West Chester and Berwyn offices. A member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Chester County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Land Title Association, he graduated cum laude from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts and earned his Juris Doctor from Widener University Delaware Law School. He has been a member of the board of directors of Good Fellowship Ambulance & Training Institute since 2012. A former police officer with the Downingtown Police Department, he currently resides with his family in Exton.

A complete listing of the firm's practice areas and attorneys, as well as a variety of legal resources, can be found at http://www.gawthrop.com.