Unanticipated issues such as financing constraints and environmental complications can easily derail a real estate transaction. Buyers and sellers need comprehensive legal representation to successfully close complex deals.
Ranked a Tier One law firm in the United States for Real Estate, Construction, and Land Use and Zoning Law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers, Akerman's multidisciplinary Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales Practice is also top ranked by Chambers USA. With a focus on middle market transactions, we counsel publicly traded and privately held companies, developers, investors, investment and pension funds, REITs, real estate companies, logistic companies, and nonprofit organizations in connection with commercial and residential real estate deals of all sizes and complexity throughout the country.
As a full-service team, we handle complex real estate transactions from inception to completion, including multistate portfolio sales, high-profile transfer of assets, and the acquisition and lease-back of corporate headquarters. We also counsel on an array of issues, from environmental and land use matters to construction contracting to buying, selling, and leasing real property. Moreover, we assist with all levels of debt and equity financings, joint ventures, and public-private partnerships. This includes deep experience in all aspects of mortgage debt, including syndications, securitized loans and the CMBS markets, mezzanine and bridge financing, EB-5, foreign bond markets, and other specialty financing vehicles.
While we have the size and depth to advise on the most sophisticated transactions, we are also nimble—partnering closely with our clients wherever and whenever we are needed to handle local issues, engaging local counsel if necessary. We work to build longstanding relationships with our clients, who appreciate our dedication and responsiveness to solving their most vexing real estate issues.
