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Dentons

Real Estate

USA Guide 2026 : Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds


Dentons

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About

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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.

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Real Estate - Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

The team at Dentons possesses a significant profile in the market and offers national reach and robust services from both its Kansas City and St Louis offices. The group has particular prowess in handling complex real estate financing transactions on behalf of lenders and borrowers, with notable expertise in tax credit financing. Lawyers at the firm routinely advise on major real estate developments, including office, industrial, retail and hospitality projects, and they are also experienced in handling leasing, acquisitions and dispositions. The team represents a broad client base that includes developers, hotel operators, life sciences companies and banks.

Work Highlights

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  • Dentons assisted Merck Animal Health with the management of its real estate portfolio, including the expansion and redevelopment of key facilities across multiple states.

Strengths

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  • Dentons' real estate group has deep and broad experience in commercial real estate and is a trusted adviser.

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  • The attorneys at Dentons are experts real estate and tax credit matters.

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  • Dentons has a very solid and highly experienced team.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Amelia Lewis
    Band 1Amelia Lewis

    Amelia Lewis

    Amelia Lewis is based in St Louis and is particularly noted for her expertise in tax credit matters.

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