Real Estate
USA Guide 2024 : Massachusetts
Band 4
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Provided by Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Choate’s Real Estate group is particularly known for:
· Acquisitions of large, complex commercial real estate assets of all types, across the U.S.
· Life sciences and biotech leasing, ground leasing, and build-to-suit transactions
· Structuring joint ventures, syndications, and other investment vehicles
· Complex real estate finance matters, both representing lenders and borrowers
· Management agreements
· Large, headquarters leasing transactions
· Urban development, permitting, and zoning
· Commercial condominium development, construction, and dispute resolution
· Foreclosure, bankruptcy, loan restructurings, and workouts, both in and out of bankruptcy
· Industrial real estate
· Portfolio leasing, retail leasing, ground leasing, and sale-leasebacks
· Sports stadium financing
· Along with our tax colleagues, implementing and navigating complex domestic and cross-border tax structures
· Construction contracts, architects contracts, and related matters, particularly on behalf of owners
Chambers Review
Choate Hall & Stewart has a broad real estate practice that handles a range of transactional mandates, such as acquisitions, financings and joint ventures. Adept at advising clients across a variety of sectors, including life sciences and biotechnology, the firm offers strength in negotiating complex corporate office and laboratory leases.
Work Highlights
- Choate Hall & Stewart represented the Simon Property Group in several real estate matters including financings and workouts.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Choate Hall are very strong. They'veprovided practical advice on a complex environmental aspect of an acquisition."
"Our business is full of complex transactions, and the team at Choate Hall & Stewart has no problem dealing with them."
"Choate Hall are very strong. They'veprovided practical advice on a complex environmental aspect of an acquisition."
"Our business is full of complex transactions, and the team at Choate Hall & Stewart has no problem dealing with them."
Notable Practitioners
Chair of the firm's practice Paul Laudano has varied experience advising regional and national clients. He frequently works on the acquisition, leasing and permitting of commercial real estate.
"Paul is excellent and very professional."
"He can coherently state what items are important and which we don't need."
Adam Zaiger has a strong real estate practice that focuses on acquisitions and dispositions, development projects and leasing transactions.
"I cannot say enough good things about Adam’s work ethic and work product."
"Adam Zaiger is an excellent leasing attorney."