Real estate is critical to you and your business. At Womble Bond Dickinson, our team of over 250 real estate lawyers in the UK and US has the breadth and depth of experience needed to assist you with all of your real estate needs and to guide you through the entire real estate cycle.
You will benefit from our industry knowledge and deal experience across all real estate sectors including hospitality, housebuilding, multi-family/private rented sector, retail, industrial, office, healthcare, real estate lending, transport and commercial timberland.
You will be among many of the industry's most trusted corporate occupiers, developers, investors, fund and asset managers, REITs, landlords, tenants, and real estate lenders across the UK and US who turn to Womble Bond Dickinson to work with them for support and advice on their real estate projects. With 34 Chambers-rated real estate lawyers in the UK and US, our in-depth experience and legal knowledge, project management skills and collaborative approach to solving problems and structuring deals enable you to achieve your objectives on time and on target.
We can service a range of needs from complex projects and developments to operations or investment requirements across:
There's a difference between talking about real estate and knowing the industry like our commercial real estate attorneys do.
We live and breathe Real Estate at Womble Bond Dickinson, collaborating with developers, sponsors, investors, and corporate end users, on every aspect of their commercial real estate projects. Borrowers and lenders rely on our market knowledge, companies trust our corporate real estate strategies, and clients count on us to defend them in real estate disputes and litigation.
Our team assists with every phase of the Real Estate Cycle: Entitlement and acquisition -> Financing, Development -> Operation -> Management -> Leasing -> Selling.
We provide corporate real estate advice to clients in and outside the commercial real estate industry and business-critical legal services so companies can buy, sell, and lease property to operate.
Practical Experience & Knowledge in Key Areas of Real Estate Law
Mixed-use development
Multifamily acquisition, development, and management
Planned communities
Condominiums and Air Rights
Retail development, management, and leasing
Hospitality development, management, and franchising
Healthcare facilities, including senior living and communities
We help real estate developers, investors, and corporate stakeholders acquire land and property to develop for all sorts of purposes. Many of our clients are investment funds and fund managers, including private and publicly traded REITs, with investment properties in the commercial, multifamily, senior housing, and healthcare industries.
Acquisition and disposition: Negotiations, due diligence, purchase and sale documents, deal closings, ground leases, and like-kind exchanges
Siting: Environmental matters, land use and zoning issues, and land entitlements
Project support: Ongoing and flexible legal services during pre-development and development, including construction advice
Real estate finance transactions
Our team's broad real estate finance experience includes syndicated, asset-based, and distressed loans. We represent banks and other lenders as well as companies and individuals as borrowers, so our attorneys have a complete market picture.
Corporate real estate services
The real estate attorneys in this group have decades of experience representing public and private companies in buying, selling, and leasing real estate. Our corporate partners count on us for legal support and strategic real estate advice, so our services are critical to their operations.
Entity formations and legal structures for real estate holdings: partnership, LLC, and joint venture agreements including joint venture agreements between developers and equity partners
Expansion and relocation assistance: Enterprise Zones, the New Markets and Historic tax credits, and economic development incentives in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States
Commercial real estate services: property management, reciprocal easement agreements (REA), commercial contracts, franchising issues, and employment matters
Risk management and regulatory compliance advice relevant to real estate, e.g., The Fair Housing Act and A.D.A. (Americans with Disabilities Act)
When a dispute involves real estate, we collaborate with other Womble Bond Dickinson lawyers to defend you. Our real estate attorneys work with environmental, employment, and construction litigators on a regular basis.
Contractual disputes involving construction contracts, service agreements, real estate leasing, and franchising
Our team is able to help provide solutions to you and your organization. Browse through our lawyers and professional staff to find the right attorney near you.
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