Real Estate

Virtually every venture—whether commercial or personal—involves real estate, and every undertaking requires experienced and imaginative legal representations. This holds true not just for real estate investors and developers planning a new shopping center or office buildings, but to businesses leasing property or families trying to structure real estate holdings into their estate plans. Lawrence Kamin’s real estate practice group offers vigorous representation and advocacy for clients in all areas of real estate transactions, including the acquisition, sale, financing, development, leasing, management and operation of retail, office, institutional, industrial, mixed use, multi-family, and farmland property. We have handled real estate transactions over a spectrum of uses, including heavy and light manufacturing, medical, refrigeration & cold storage, flex space, research and development, showroom buildings and biotech uses.

Lawrence Kamin’s real estate practice provides comprehensive advice and services to our clients for a broad spectrum of real estate concerns, including:

• Acquisitions and Dispositions: Lawrence Kamin handles transactions involving the acquisition or disposition of real estate across all asset types.
• Leasing: Our real estate attorneys have extensive experience negotiating commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants for a variety of commercial properties, from small storefront retail spaces to large office or industrial buildings. We assist clients with structuring and negotiating ground leases, gross and net leases, subleases, build-to-suit leases, sale and leaseback transactions, as well as the extension, modification, and disposition of leases.
• Financing: Lawrence Kamin’s attorneys have represented lenders, borrowers, and trustees in the many types of debt and equity financing arrangements, including acquisition financing, mezzanine financing, bridge loans, construction loans, and participating loans. We also represent lenders and borrowers in loan workouts, enforcement and bankruptcies.
• Like-kind Exchanges: Lawrence Kamin regularly assists clients with planning for the tax consequences of real estate transactions, including planning, structuring and implementing like-kind exchange transactions under IRC Code Section 1031.
• Real Estate Asset Protection: Lawrence Kamin’s blend of experience in real estate, financing, bankruptcy, estate planning, and tax allows us to uniquely assist clients in evaluating their risk, and crafting strategies and insurance options that protect their real estate investments.
• Real Estate Litigation and Dispute Resolution: If litigation occurs, our experienced litigation team is ready to fiercely advocate for property owners, developers, landlords and tenants.

A firm’s value can sometimes be measured by how well it assists clients in overcoming obstacles and getting to closing. Lawrence Kamin’s experienced professionals counsel clients about meaningful risks without impeding the transaction. We help simplify the often complex aspects of real estate matters to ensure transactions run smoothly and close quickly, maximizing cost-efficiency and value. We also work with our business and tax attorneys to navigate a maze of federal, state and local laws and regulations that can have a dramatic impact on a transaction, and ultimately on a client’s bottom line.

From contract to closing, from lease term sheet to signing, clients receive personal, senior-level attention from experienced real estate attorneys. Our business clients trust us to help them maximize the value of their real estate assets.