Real Estate
USA Guide 2024 : Iowa
Band 3
About
Provided by Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen, P.C.
Overview
Dickinson Bradshaw's real estate and land use attorneys provide legal advice and negotiate, prepare, and litigate real estate matters. The firm's real estate team has extensive experience in land use law, bringing a vast array of resources to bear on clients' real estate and land use needs. The firm handles matters ranging from transactions such as commercial asset disposition and property acquisitions to tax deferred exchanges.
Firm clients include commercial and residential real estate developers, banks, insurance companies, mortgage companies, title companies, individual and commercial borrowers, landlords and tenants. In addition, we have negotiated and consummated commercial property leasing on behalf of lessors and lessees, including medical professionals, restaurants, entertainment establishments, consultant firms, and other commercial/office businesses.
In addition to legal real estate and land use services, the firm's attorneys provide clients many other property law legal services relating to all types of real estate, including shopping malls, strip centers, free standing buildings, office buildings, and land zoned for commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes.
Chambers Review
Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen has a dedicated team handling a range of real estate issues including land and environmental matters. It provides legal defense services for real estate brokers and agents as well as handling real estate assessment cases. The firm maintains a prominent presence in the agricultural sectors and regularly assists clients with the leasing aspects of real estate transactions. It also handles residential transactions, land use and planning issues.
Work Highlights
- Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen acted for Signature Commercial Real Estate on a range of real estate matters, including the acquisition of land for development.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They provide excellent legal advice."
"They are knowledgeable and able to make complex concepts simple."
"They provide excellent legal advice."
"They are knowledgeable and able to make complex concepts simple."
Notable Practitioners
Benjamin Bruner serves as co-chair of the firm's real estate group and advises clients on transactions involving commercial, retail and mixed-use developments. He frequently assists with acquisitions and sale-leaseback transactions, as well as commercial leasing and private and public financing matters.
Jeffrey Baxter co-chairs the firm's real estate department and focuses his practice on real estate acquisitions, leasing matters and financing transactions. He also handles loan and franchise agreement matters.
"Jeff Baxter has excellent legal knowledge and excels by providing solutions to complex problems and negotiations."