Real Estate
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 2
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+1 312 876 8000About
Provided by Dentons
Dentons’ fully integrated US Real Estate team advises clients on the challenges and opportunities they may encounter in the current environment. With 125 Real Estate lawyers in the US and 1,400 worldwide, our global platform enhances our deep understanding of local markets and what drives our clients’ success.
Dentons is a go-to firm for real estate lender representation. We assist lenders with all types of financings including: permanent financing; construction loans; loans intended for securitization; mezzanine financing; structured financing; secured debt financing; syndications, participations and other co-lending relationships; and revolving credit loans.
Dentons also represents clients in real estate investment matters. Our work includes acquisitions and dispositions, from traditional property sales and purchases to indirect investments, complex development financing and international investments involving special purpose vehicles, joint ventures and limited partnerships.
Together with our bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice, we offer lenders, investors and creditors the full range of disciplines required to analyze, plan and implement resolution programs for problem loans and loan portfolios, and distressed preferred and pari passu equity investments.
Dentons is also home to a pioneering US real estate tax credits practice, which advises financial institutions and insurance companies investing billions of dollars annually in projects that benefit local communities.
Chambers Review
Dentons is an outstanding real estate practice that covers a broad range of areas, with particular strength in complex financings and tax-advantaged investments. It acts for an array of commercial clients, including institutional investors, lenders and developers. The firm is able to draw on a deep bench of diverse expertise to handle substantial real estate transactions at the national and international level.
Work Highlights
- Dentons assisted Lincoln Property Company in its sale of a controlling interest to Stone Point Capital.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Dentons thinks through important details and is proactive."
"Dentons has tremendous experience and expertise in a broad spectrum of issues and contexts."
"The team at Dentons thinks through important details and is proactive."
"Dentons has tremendous experience and expertise in a broad spectrum of issues and contexts."
Notable Practitioners
Steven Davidson is noted for representing financial institutions and other lenders in matters relating to large real estate developments.
"Steven has the experience to work through tough issues while being pragmatic."
Linda White is considered an authority for her knowledge and expertise of lease negotiation and management. Household-name real estate investors seek her advice as commercial landlords.
"Linda is excellent and very detailed."
"Linda is good at explaining issues to business people."
"Linda brings a wealth of knowledge and decades of experience to her work."
Todd Stennes is regularly consulted by high-profile property investors for his expertise in real estate transactions, particularly regarding industrial and multifamily asset classes.
Ranked Lawyers at
Dentons
Illinois