Commercial real estate matters require an understanding of both the transactional framework and the disputes that often arise when projects, financing structures, or tenant relationships break down. Our commercial real estate practice is built on representing owners, developers, lenders, investors, property managers, and commercial tenants in complex transactions, financings, development negotiations, and lease disputes. Because we routinely litigate the issues that surface in real estate conflicts, we structure deals, contracts, and project frameworks with a precise focus on avoiding ambiguity, allocating risk, and preventing disputes before they escalate.

We represent clients in a wide range of real estate finance transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings, construction loans, mezzanine lending, preferred-equity structures, and workouts involving distressed collateral. We negotiate loan documents with an emphasis on covenants, draw mechanics, collateral coverage, priority issues, guaranty exposure, and enforcement rights. When projects encounter financial or operational distress, we also advise on loan modifications, forbearance agreements, and lender-borrower negotiations, leveraging our litigation background to ensure that the client’s position remains protected.

Our practice also extends to development transactions, where we work closely with developers, investors, and joint-venture partners to structure and negotiate the agreements that drive a project’s economic and governance framework. This includes drafting and negotiating joint-venture and operating agreements, development agreements, cost-sharing arrangements, and construction-related contracts, with a particular focus on capital contributions, profit waterfalls, decision-making authority, indemnities, and milestone obligations. Because development projects often involve multiple stakeholders with competing interests, we ensure that the contractual structure is clear, enforceable, and aligned with the project’s financing and entitlement requirements. When disputes arise, we move quickly to protect our client’s rights and preserve their economic position

Our commercial real estate work includes:

• Real Estate Finance

• Joint Ventures

• Real Estate Litigation

• Development and Construction Contracts & Disputes

• Landlord-Tenant & Lease Enforcement