Real Estate

Dickinson Wright’s Real Estate practice is sophisticated and diverse. More than 60 lawyers are actively involved in real estate matters, regularly representing a wide variety of clients in all aspects of real estate investment and development. Many of our clients have portfolios that span North America, and they rely on our significant experience in nearly every U.S. state and Canadian province to help them maximize value and increase management efficiency. We represent a broad range of entities – including developers, contractors, lenders, landlords, corporations, nonprofits, REITs, banks, and governments – involved in all aspects of real estate. Our services include acquisitions and dispositions, CMBS loans, commercial lending, construction contract drafting and negotiating, corporate real estate, environmental transactions, finance, land use and economic development, leasing, real estate litigation, restructuring workouts and foreclosures. Working closely with our lawyers in environmental, corporate, insurance, tax, litigation, and banking law, we offer our clients strategic and comprehensive advice with full appreciation of the business context and potential risks of their real estate transactions. Our success is founded on five key drivers: high-quality legal work, superb value for fees, building our knowledge and experience in our clients’ industries, applying business acumen to legal issues and treating our clients with an unsurpassed level of care.