Real Estate Transactions & Finance

Our real estate transactions lawyers are involved in a broad and diverse spectrum of transactions, including:

• Acquisitions and dispositions
• Commercial leasing, representing landlords and tenants in a full range of property types, including CBD and suburban office, retail centers and industrial properties
• Development and construction
• Land use and entitlements
• Environmental
• Private Public Partnership involving Infrastructure Development
• Natural resources, including forestry and timber management
• LEED, Energy Star and sustainable development and leasing
• Planning and regeneration
• Stamp Duty Land Tax development structuring
• Representation of contractors, engineers, architects and other consultants, and their counterparties
• Joint use and access issues
• Hospitality, including franchise, licensing and management agreements
• Partnership and joint venture structuring
• Property management
• Development risk management and tax counseling
• Public and public/private improvement projects, including cost sharing, development and reimbursement agreements
• Tenant in common structures and related tax free exchanges
• Equity participations
• Letters of credit and credit enhancement transactions
• Affordable housing
• Campus housing
• Tax credits, including credits for affordable housing, new markets, historic property renovations

Our lawyers represent a diversified client base in real estate transactions, including:

• Private equity funds
• Public and private investment companies
• Financial institutions, including insurance companies and commercial banks
• Pension funds and their advisers
• Private investors and family offices
• Public and private university and health care systems
• Development companies
• Builders and contractors
• Hotel operators