Standard & Poor's announced the appointment of Brian Ginsberg as a director in its corporate value consulting real estate practice.

Ginsberg will be based at the company's New York headquarters. He will be responsible for real estate consulting as it relates to underwriting due diligence, litigation support, acquisition/ disposition transaction support advisory services, purchase price allocations, appraisal, tax certiorari, site location studies and market feasibility studies.

"We are pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Ginsberg as director. His 18-plus years of experience are a tremendous asset to our company," stated Standard & Poor's managing director Warren Hirschhorn.

Previously, Ginsberg served as senior manager with Arthur Anderson's real estate business and tax transaction advisory services.

During his tenure there, he managed numerous portfolio valuation engagements for acquisitions, dispositions and bankruptcy on behalf of domestic and international financial institutions, individual investors and corporate real estate owners.

During his career, with Arthur Anderson, Ginsberg covered more than 2,000 properties valued in excess of $20 billion.

Ginsberg also served as vice president of Grubb & Ellis, providing advisory and consulting services for institutional clients.

In addition, he provided feasibility consulting services to clients for development, expansion and conversion scenarios.

Ginsberg also served as director of acqusitions on behalf of H. Asset Management. His responsibilities included all U.S. acquisitions and dispositions, underwriting, due diligence, financing, tax structuring, modeling and negotiation for all projects.

Ginsberg holds a B.S. in business administration with degrees in both finance and real estate construction management from the University of Denver.

He is a member of the Appraisal Institute, a licensed real estate broker and teacher/lecturer at New York University's Real Estate Institute.

Ginsberg has testified as an expert witness in bankruptcy court, criminal court and for the American Arbitration Association. Ginsberg has also served on the board of directors for the Sutton Gardens Co-operative as president, treasurer and secretary.