About us
Meet the DorsetRE Team
Jeff Sands – Partner
Jeff is a Partner at DorsetRE, bringing more than two decades of experience leading successful corporate turnarounds, restructurings, and distressed business sales at Dorset Partners LLC. Since 2002, Jeff has transformed scores of businesses across a wide range of industries, earning a national reputation for taking on the most challenging situations and delivering meaningful results.
Jeff is a three-time recipient of the Turnaround Management Association’s prestigious Turnaround of the Year Award for his work with Vermont Aerospace (2017), Canadian Kraft Paper (2018), and Union Metal Industries (2019). His approach blends strategic insight, operational rigor, and a deep respect for the people and communities behind each business.
In addition to corporate turnarounds, Jeff is widely recognized for his expertise in maximizing the value of distressed business sales. His ability to preserve going concern value, protect jobs, and provide dignified outcomes for debtors has made him a trusted leader in the field.
Jeff is also the author of Corporate Turnaround Artistry: Fix Any Business in 100 Days (Wiley, 2020), a highly regarded guide that has been translated into Mandarin and adapted as a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) study resource for attorneys.
He maintains offices in both New York and Vermont.
Eric Larson – Partner
Eric Larson is a Partner at DorsetRE and the firm’s capital markets lead, with more than 20 years of experience structuring and sourcing debt and equity across the capital spectrum. His expertise spans complex financings, recapitalizations, and acquisitions within the commercial real estate sector, with a particular focus on assets suitable for data center development.
At DorsetRE, Eric is responsible for leading the firm’s acquisition financing strategy—identifying, structuring, and capitalizing real estate opportunities that align with institutional and private investment objectives. He draws on an extensive network of relationships within the family office, private equity, hedge fund, and mezzanine debt communities to secure tailored capital solutions that enhance returns and accelerate growth.
Eric’s disciplined approach to capital formation and market engagement supports DorsetRE’s mission of acquiring and transforming high-potential assets into critical infrastructure for the digital economy.
He is based in Atlanta.
Randall Jostes – CEO & Partner
Randall is a nationally recognized leader in environmental redevelopment, brownfield transformation, and sustainable real estate investment. Over the past two decades, he has built a career at the intersection of environmental remediation and value creation—redeveloping complex industrial assets into thriving economic engines for communities and investors alike.
Prior to joining DorsetRE, Randall served for 20 years as Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Liability Transfer, Inc. (ELT), the nation’s foremost firm specializing in the acquisition and remediation of environmentally challenged real estate. Under his leadership, ELT acquired more than 20 million square feet of industrial facilities spanning tens of thousands of acres across North America. In doing so, ELT successfully assumed and remediated nearly $2 billion in environmental liabilities, setting new benchmarks for corporate sustainability and responsible redevelopment.
Randall’s work has catalyzed billions of dollars in new investment and vertical development in once-blighted industrial communities—helping to reshape the physical and economic landscape of North America. His innovative deal structures and commitment to sustainable outcomes have made him one of the most influential voices in the brownfield redevelopment sector.
A recognized thought leader, Randall continues to serve as an advisor to the US-EPA and was appointed by Rick Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, to an advisory board position guiding the Department of Energy on environmental policy and redevelopment initiatives. He has been a featured speaker at five consecutive National Brownfield Conferences, has served as an instructor on brownfield development at Rutgers University, and has been a regular contributor to Bloomberg Environment.
In 2025, Randall received the Lifetime Achievement in Redevelopment Award from the Center for Creative Land Recycling, recognizing his enduring impact on the field and his leadership in promoting sustainable real estate transformation.
He is based in Saint Louis.