Michael J.Merar

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Partner

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Michael faces the complexities of commercial real estate with a business-minded approach, navigating his clients through the details of each deal—not only to identify and resolve legal issues, but also to address potential impacts on his clients' business objectives and operational needs.


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Michael has experience handling all aspects of real estate transactions for retail, data center, office, industrial and mixed use projects, including the acquisition, disposition, finance, leasing, management and operation of all classes of commercial assets. His practice has a focus on retail and data center-driven acquisitions, developments, redevelopments, leasing and dispositions. Michael has represented several REITs, Fortune 100 technology companies, luxury retailers and fashion houses, restaurateurs, developers and real estate entrepreneurs across the US.

Michael has negotiated a wide variety of complex transactions, including flagship retail leases, data center development and sale-leasebacks, anchor store subleases, headquarter leases, ground leases, build-to-suit projects, and portfolio acquisitions. Michael is always mindful of the risks and challenges which tend to surface in each transaction he encounters and can readily produce creative, practical solutions that are required to get deals over the finish line.

Michael is proud of the impact he has had across the landscape of the country in connection with his clients' numerous projects and developments. He enjoys working alongside Seyfarth attorneys who are equally enthusiastic about their craft as he is about his own.

  • JD, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • BS, University of Illinois

    Cum laude
    James Scholar

  • Illinois
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois