Real Estate Transactions
Our firm provides comprehensive legal counsel across the full spectrum of real estate transactions. With deep transactional expertise and a strategic, detail-oriented approach, we guide clients through complex deals – from acquisition to disposition, financing to leasing, and everything in between.
Purchase and Sale Transactions
We represent developers, property owners, and investors in the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate. Our team handles every phase of the transaction, from due diligence and contract negotiation through closing, ensuring our clients’ interests are protected at each step.
Our experience includes transactions involving:
- Raw land and entitled development sites
- Multi-family housing communities
- Retail shopping centers and standalone properties
- Industrial facilities and warehouse space
- Mixed-use developments
Whether you are acquiring a single asset or assembling a portfolio, we provide practical, results-driven guidance tailored to your investment objectives.
Commercial Leasing
We represent both landlords and tenants in all aspects of commercial leasing. Our team drafts and negotiates lease agreements and related documents designed to protect your rights and minimize risk throughout the lease term.
Our leasing services include:
- Drafting and negotiating new leases and lease renewals
- Lease amendments and modifications
- Subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment (SNDA) agreements
- Estoppel certificates
We have particular depth in retail, industrial, and office leasing and understand the unique provisions and market standards that apply to each property type.
Joint Ventures
We represent sponsors and operating partners in structuring, drafting, and negotiating joint venture arrangements for real estate development and investment. Joint ventures involve complex business and legal considerations, and we work closely with our clients to build agreements that align with their investment strategy while anticipating potential issues before they arise.
Key areas we address include:
- Entity structuring and formation
- Management and decision-making frameworks
- Distribution waterfalls and preferred return structures
- Capital contribution obligations and remedies for capital defaults
- Buy-sell provisions and exit strategies
- Dispute resolution mechanisms
Real Estate Secured Financing
We represent borrowers and institutional lenders in a broad range of financing transactions secured by real property. Our team understands the documentation and business terms that drive real estate lending, and we work efficiently to help our clients close on schedule.
Our financing experience spans:
- Acquisition loans
- Construction financing
- Permanent and take-out loans
Our experience includes financings involving:
- Multi-family residential projects
- Office and industrial buildings
- Retail centers
- Mixed-use developments
A Full-Service Approach to Real Estate
Real estate transactions rarely exist in isolation. A single deal may raise questions involving entity formation, corporate governance, or potential disputes, and our clients benefit from having a firm that can address all of these needs under one roof.
Our real estate practice is backed by the full resources of a firm with deep litigation and corporate capabilities. When a transaction touches other areas of law, our partners work together directly to deliver coordinated, comprehensive counsel. This means efficient turnaround, consistent communication, and a legal team that understands your deal and your objectives from every angle.
Our transactional attorneys also bring a distinctive litigation-informed perspective to every agreement they draft and negotiate. Having handled complex business disputes rooted in real estate transactions, we understand how contractual provisions perform under stress — and we use that insight to structure deals that protect our clients’ interests not just at closing, but for the life of the investment.
Whether your matter is a straightforward acquisition or a multi-layered development involving financing, joint venture partners, and ongoing lease-up, our team is equipped to guide you from start to finish.
To learn more about how we can assist with your next real estate transaction, contact the firm today at 949-617-0000 in Irvine, 215-488-1776 in Philadelphia or use the online contact form to schedule a consultation.