Real Estate Department
Because real estate matters often overlap with other practice areas, our firm has developed a team approach to service many of our real estate clients. The lawyers in our real estate practice area have expertise in a broad range of real estate related areas, each concentrating within sub-specialties, such as:
- real estate development and permitting (zoning, wetland, sub-division control)
- financing
- conveyancing and title insurance
- landlord/tenant
- workouts
- foreclosures
- environmental issues
- estate planning
- litigation
- tax abatements and exemptions
Our real estate clients include commercial, industrial and residential owners, developers, sellers, purchasers, contractors, landlords and tenants. Several of our real estate lawyers serve or have served on municipal boards such as planning boards, conservation commissions and zoning boards of appeal.
Typical real estate matters include:
- obtaining local, state and federal permits for commercial, industrial and residential real estate
- negotiating and drafting financing documentation for lenders or borrowers
- reviewing title materials, abstracts and reports
- negotiating and drafting leases, easements, option agreements and restrictions
- advising lenders or borrowers in real estate workouts and mortgage foreclosures
- representation of parties in litigation involving real estate
- representation of sellers or purchasers in commercial and residential transfers of real estate
- advising parties with respect to real estate tax agreements, tax abatements and tax exemptions
- providing tax, estate planning and business advice relating to forms of real estate ownership
The Real Estate Department Chairwoman is Felicity Hardee.
