Overview
Wilson Elser has nearly 40 years of experience in advising and representing clients in the real estate industry. Given the size and significance of our client base, we have had occasion to manage some of the more intricate premium deals on record. We have also handled related litigated matters of major proportions, including struggles over corporate control of real estate investments, contract disputes, and significant personal injury and mass tort claims.
Our skilled attorneys offer substantial value to our clients by taking an integrated approach that draws on our experience within the many legal dimensions of the real estate industry.
Our skilled attorneys offer substantial value to our clients by taking an integrated approach that draws on our experience within the many legal dimensions of the real estate industry. From transactional real estate, to corporate issues, to land use and zoning issues and the litigation that can arise from the ownership and management of real property, we can provide any and all related services – at fees frequently more competitive than those charged by less-experienced attorneys.
Wilson Elser provides the knowledge, experience and counseling to successfully consummate real estate transactions. Our transactional real estate group handles a vast array of related matters, including acquisitions and dispositions. Whether our client is a seller or a purchaser in a sale/acquisition transaction of commercial/industrial properties, office buildings, retail facilities or residential properties, we have the experience, reputation and skills to guide them efficiently through the process.
We have particularly deep experience in leasing transactions. Our attorneys assist both landlords and tenants in connection with all types of leasing matters, including long-term ground leasing in connection with real estate development and warehouse and industrial facilities leases, space leasing with respect to commercial office buildings, retail leasing with respect to shopping center properties, and cellular communication leases.
Wilson Elser attorneys also advise on various mortgage loan and building and construction loan transactions. When lending institutions or borrowers require guidance and assistance with mortgage loan or construction loan transactions, we have the experience to guide them smoothly through the lending process to closing. We advise our clients on loan workouts and restructuring transactions. When loans go bad and become embroiled in litigation or bankruptcy, we assist in negotiating and drafting the loan workout and restructuring documentation in cases where the dispute is settled.
When necessary, we bring to bear our substantial experience as litigators in representing clients before state and federal courts on zoning and land use controversies as well as environmental and real estate matters. In light of the real estate industry’s continued integration with the capital markets and its increased vulnerability to litigation, we frequently collaborate with counterparts in our litigation- and corporate-related as well as Bankruptcy, Municipal/Local Government and Environmental services when it helps advance our clients’ objectives.