Real Estate
Counsel that delivers present and future value in real estate
Capabilities at a glance
- A team of more than 75 attorneys and legal professionals working collaboratively for clients across the country.
- Full range of real estate legal services delivered with national reach and local knowledge.
- A Chambers-ranked Real Estate Practice Group that benefits from attorneys with a diverse range of legal backgrounds, including tax, environmental and commercial litigation law.
- Described by clients as "insightful, intelligent, responsive, thorough, detailed and accurate … When they answer our questions, it fits our business specifically."
Your strategic partners on every aspect of real estate law
Just as no two real estate transactions are alike, our clients come to the negotiating table with many perspectives and goals. Yet every client needs legal solutions that make business sense. We invest the time to understand what’s driving the deal, the project, the operational challenge or the dispute in front of you—but we want to know what your medium and long-term goals are, too. You can expect the best real estate legal insight delivered with optimal efficiency and effectiveness. We pride ourselves on helping you look at the big picture, while we take care of the often-complex regulations and sophisticated technical knowledge required to get real estate transactions and projects completed with a minimum of risk and fuss. Our goal will always be to help you build and protect the present and future value of your business.
Extensive experience with a range of real estate objectives and assets
Broadly speaking, our clients form three distinct groups:
- Clients for whom real estate is their primary business, including developers, builders, contractors and property managers.
- Clients for whom real estate is both an asset and a business requirement, such as manufacturers, retailers, service providers and developers of natural resources.
- Clients for whom real estate is primarily a financial investment, including real estate investment trusts (REIT), venture capitalists, financial institutions and other lenders, and mutual funds.
Our experience covers a diverse spectrum of industries and asset types, including but not limited to data centers, financial institutions, franchise, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, multi-family, nonprofit and retail, such as big-box retailers and shopping centers.
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- Presentation“Drafting and negotiating Co-Tenancy Provisions: Lessons Learned During an Economic Crisis”Theodore I. Yi, Speaker2020 Virtual ICSC U.S. Law Conference
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- Seminar"Please Don’t Pick the Cherries: A Study of Real Estate Equity and Debt Portfolio Transactions"
- Presentation“Please Don’t Pick the Cherries: A Study of Real Estate Equity and Debt Portfolio Transactions”By Diane M. HallerACREL Educational Program The Sky’s the [Austin City] Limits: Harmonizing your Real Estate Strategies
- Seminar"Don’t Let Your Molehills Become Mountains: Ancillary Agreements in Real Estate Transactions"
- Article"Ancillary Agreements in Real Estate Transactions"Co-Author and Panelist Everett S. Ward (with Andrew Berman and Barry Hines)American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), 2017 Spring Meeting, Austin, Texas (March 30-April 1, 2017)
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- Article"Closing the Gap - Addressing Gender Bias and Other Barriers for Women in Commercial Real Estate"Susan I. Matejcak (2016 CREW Network Industry Research Committee)Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network
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- Presentation"Segmented Solutions in Healthcare & Medical Office"Theodore I. Yi, ModeratorIllinois Real Estate Journal - Healthcare & Medical Office Conference
- Presentation"Hot Topics in Residential Real Estate"Host and Moderator, Courtney S. LynchIndianapolis Bar Association
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- Presentation"Negotiating Healthcare Leases"Theodore I. Yi, PanelistCorporate Realty, Design & Management Institute - Midwest Healthcare Real Estate 2016
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- "Commercial Real Estate Leases: Selected Issues in Drafting and Negotiating in Today's Market"Theodore I. Yi, FacultyALI-CLE Conference
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- Presentation"Borrower Structures--Presentation Outline and Selected Sample Forms"Author, Program Co-Chair and Panelist Everett S. WardCommercial Real Estate Financing 2015, Practising Law Institute, Chicago, Illinois (April 9-10, 2015)
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- Presentation"The Rise of the APA Managing Partners: Wisdom and Stories from the Field"Theodore I. Yi, PanelistNational Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Convention
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- Presentation"Evolution of the Data Center Lease"Michael D. RechtinPanel Moderator, 2nd Annual Caprate Chicago Data Center Summit (Chicago, June 2014)
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