Theodore U. Schweitzer works for the Chairman of the company as his chief of staff. He joined Tishman Speyer in January 2000, as Associate General Counsel. From 2002 - 2003, he was responsible for the company's global asset dispositions. In 2005 and 2006 Mr. Schweitzer helped negotiate a joint venture with a subsidiary of ICICI Bank and fund raise for a new business in India. Mr. Schweitzer is a member of the Executive Committee of the ULI New York District Council and a member of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Planned Giving Advisory Council. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Mr. Schweitzer was an associate at Shearman & Sterling. He received his BA from Columbia College in 1991 and his JD from Columbia Law School in 1994.