With more than 100 attorneys focused exclusively on real estate law, Seyfarth Shaw has one of the largest real estate practices in the United States.

Over the years, our experienced real estate attorneys have represented individuals, corporations and other entities to maximize the value and return on their real estate investments and assets. With a firm both national and local in scope, we provide a full range of services including development, construction, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, financing, joint ventures, and hospitality and leisure.

Our experienced real estate attorneys help our clients identify emerging opportunities and challenges, as well as successfully navigate through complex and long-term projects. We also develop innovative strategies that enable our clients to achieve their short- and long-term objectives and goals.

Whether our client are private and public companies, government entities, institutional investors, lenders, servicers or developers, we have handled straightforward transactions and complicated, multifaceted projects and sophisticated financing deals. Whatever the need, we are familiar with virtually every real estate deal structure and issue that our clients encounter. As a result, we can provide coordinated and seamless services for transactions of any size or type – here in the U.S. or internationally – throughout the entire natural cycle of each deal.

As any number of issues can arise in real estate transactions and investments, we draw on the nearly 150 lawyers from our other business-services practice areas, including bankruptcy, construction, corporate, ERISA, litigation and tax to provide timely and effective solutions for all of our clients needs.

Our real estate capabilities include:

• Acquisitions and disposition
• Capital Markets
• Commercial Leasing & Retail
• Construction
• Development and Government Relations
• Environmental
• Finance
• Fund Formation
• Hospitality
• Joint Ventures/Partnerships
• Litigation
• Private Equity/Opportunity Funds
• REIT representation
• Restructuring and loan workouts
• Tax

We represent many of the country’s largest investors, developers, owners and users of real estate. Our clients include:

• Contractors
• Corporations (local, national and international)
• Developers
• Educational institutions
• Entrepreneurs
• Financial institutions
• Insurance companies
• Investors and investment managers
• Hotels
• Landlords
• Lenders and borrowers
• Leasing and management companies
• Multi-project builders
• Operators
• Pension funds
• REITs
• Retailers
• Service providers
• Tenants
• Underwriters