Real Estate
Seyfarth Shaw’s real estate practice attorneys counsel individuals, corporations and other business entities to maximize the value and return on their real estate investments and assets. Our national coverage, extensive business and legal networks, and broad array of legal services, results in comprehensive legal advice and assistance that goes beyond client expectations. Our real estate attorneys help clients identify emerging opportunities and challenges, and develop forward-looking strategies that meet their short- and long-term goals.
Clients
We represent many of the country’s largest investors, developers, owners and users of real estate. Our diverse client base includes:
- 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
Our attorneys understand the difference between real estate as a primary business and real estate as an asset, and develop solutions accordingly. Whether negotiating a single retail lease, managing deals involving hundreds of thousands of square feet of industrial, office or retail space, or coordinating a multi-property transaction involving multiple jurisdictions, we bring exacting legal analysis, business insight and meticulous attention to detail to all client engagements.
Geographic Coverage
With more than 80 real estate attorneys across the United States, Seyfarth Shaw has the reach and experience to meet all of our clients’ needs. We have represented clients in nearly every state in the U.S. as well as a number of foreign jurisdictions. As a result of this broad geographic coverage and legal expertise, we are able to staff projects by matching attorney skills and experience with the specific needs and goals of our clients, no matter the size, nature or location of the transaction. Our commitment is to provide seamless, coordinated services for transactions of every type and size, by working collaboratively and by taking advantage of the most advanced technologies.
Breadth, Depth, Results
Many real estate transactions involve issues that extend beyond those traditionally associated with straightforward property sales or purchases. As a full-service law firm, we draw upon the extensive knowledge and experience of attorneys in the firm’s other practice areas to provide innovative, yet practical, legal and business solutions. In addition to our core real estate team, nearly 150 lawyers from the firm’s other business-services practice areas, including bankruptcy, construction, corporate, ERISA, litigation and tax, have specific experience in the universe of issues that arise in real estate transactions and investments. Our attorneys have developed networks and relationships with key industry players and parties around the country. These include developers, title companies, due diligence and land use consultants, regulators, lawyers, real estate brokers, agents, advisors, lenders and investors, whose knowledge and experience is leveraged on behalf of our clients to negotiate a favorable real estate deal, obtain governmental approval of a pending transaction, or secure project financing, among other undertakings.
End-to-end Project Counsel
Whether intended as a long-term investment vehicle or as a means of addressing short-term needs, most real estate transactions follow a natural lifecycle, from identification of requirements and issues, through acquisition or leasing of land and buildings, to sale or disposition when the real estate assets have served their intended purpose. At Seyfarth Shaw, we combine this lifecycle perspective with an understanding of our clients’ own history and goals. Our real estate attorneys work with clients to maximize opportunities and minimize expenses, taxes and risks by identifying current objectives (including time and cost constraints), and integrating them into our clients’ long-term financial and business strategies.