Eric M.Hampton
Associate
Real Estate
ehampton@seyfarth.com
Eric customizes his legal strategy to meet each client’s specific objectives in commercial real estate transactions.
More About Eric
Real estate market changes and economic factors can drive uncertainty. In this environment, Eric understands that clients need prudent legal counsel and risk management when conducting business and assessing opportunities. Eric helps his clients stay abreast of changing markets and trends so that they can have productive negotiations and secure positive outcomes.
Eric advises clients on the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, including office properties and other commercial holdings. He has significant experience negotiating and drafting commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, with a particular focus on office leasing. Drawing on over three years of leasing experience, Eric provides practical, business-oriented legal guidance throughout the leasing life cycle, helping clients structure favorable terms, manage risk, and efficiently execute transactions in a dynamic market.
Eric’s past experience in litigation provides him with a nuanced understanding of different legal viewpoints. He leverages this background, as well as his extensive transactional experience, when approaching and conducting negotiations for clients.
Eric advises clients on the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, including office properties and other commercial holdings. He has significant experience negotiating and drafting commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, with a particular focus on office leasing. Drawing on over three years of leasing experience, Eric provides practical, business-oriented legal guidance throughout the leasing life cycle, helping clients structure favorable terms, manage risk, and efficiently execute transactions in a dynamic market.
Eric’s past experience in litigation provides him with a nuanced understanding of different legal viewpoints. He leverages this background, as well as his extensive transactional experience, when approaching and conducting negotiations for clients.
- JD, University of Iowa
- BA, Kansas State University
- Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Related Services
• Represented an institutional real estate investor in the $18 million disposition of an office property in Massachusetts.
• Represented a real estate investor in the $3 million acquisition of an office property in Illinois.
• Represented a real estate developer in the $2.5 million acquisition of a seven-office property portfolio in Illinois.
• Represented a real estate developer in the $1.5 million acquisition of an office property in Illinois.
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Real Estate Law (2026)
Eric customizes his legal strategy to meet each client’s specific objectives in commercial real estate transactions.
More About Eric
Real estate market changes and economic factors can drive uncertainty. In this environment, Eric understands that clients need prudent legal counsel and risk management when conducting business and assessing opportunities. Eric helps his clients stay abreast of changing markets and trends so that they can have productive negotiations and secure positive outcomes.
Eric advises clients on the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, including office properties and other commercial holdings. He has significant experience negotiating and drafting commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, with a particular focus on office leasing. Drawing on over three years of leasing experience, Eric provides practical, business-oriented legal guidance throughout the leasing life cycle, helping clients structure favorable terms, manage risk, and efficiently execute transactions in a dynamic market.
Eric’s past experience in litigation provides him with a nuanced understanding of different legal viewpoints. He leverages this background, as well as his extensive transactional experience, when approaching and conducting negotiations for clients.
Eric advises clients on the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, including office properties and other commercial holdings. He has significant experience negotiating and drafting commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, with a particular focus on office leasing. Drawing on over three years of leasing experience, Eric provides practical, business-oriented legal guidance throughout the leasing life cycle, helping clients structure favorable terms, manage risk, and efficiently execute transactions in a dynamic market.
Eric’s past experience in litigation provides him with a nuanced understanding of different legal viewpoints. He leverages this background, as well as his extensive transactional experience, when approaching and conducting negotiations for clients.
- JD, University of Iowa
- BA, Kansas State University
- Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Related Services
• Represented an institutional real estate investor in the $18 million disposition of an office property in Massachusetts.
• Represented a real estate investor in the $3 million acquisition of an office property in Illinois.
• Represented a real estate developer in the $2.5 million acquisition of a seven-office property portfolio in Illinois.
• Represented a real estate developer in the $1.5 million acquisition of an office property in Illinois.
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Real Estate Law (2026)