Leslee Lewis

Practice Areas

Serves as corporate and real estate counsel to national and regional businesses, banks, hospitals, and nonprofits in daily contracts and affairs, financing, governance, acquisitions/dispositions, leasing, and all areas of real estate. Counsel to renewable energy and battery storage developers, PE's and lenders in all real estate development, acquisition, financing, opinion, land control, and regulatory aspects of clean energy, including projects involving the largest public and independent wind developers in North America and approximately 3/4 of the largest wind and solar projects in Michigan.

Professional Memberships

Elected Member, American Law Institute; Elected Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Elected Member, Counselors of Real Estate; National Editorial Board, ALI-ABA's The Practical Real Estate Lawyer; Member, Consultative Group; ALI Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations; Council Vice Chair, State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section; Member, State Bar of Michigan; Member, Grand Rapids Bar Association.

Publications

Panel Presenter, "CRE Top Ten List," ACREL, 2020; Panel Presenter, "Michigan State of the Law Update," ICSC, 2019, 2020; Keynote Panel Presenter, "I Wrote What? Exploring the True Meaning of Common Contract Terms," State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section Summer Conference, 2017; Presenter, "Spotting & Solving Nonprofit Legal Issues (Before They Happen)," MICPA, 2017; Presenter, "Running a Nonprofit, Legally & Sustainably," GVSU Johnson Center, 2015; Presenter, ICLE Commercial Real Property Update, 2014; Author, Lexis Practice Advisor Sustainability Content for Leasing and Purchase Agreements, 2013 -2015; Presenter and Organizer, Green Leases: Tools, Tips and Best Practices for Drafting, ALI-CLE, November 2012; Author, "A Little Inspiration For Your Work Week," National Law Review, October 25, 2012; Presenter and Organizer, "Residential Transactions Boot Camp," State Bar of Michigan 2012; Panelist, Nonprofit Legal Issues, Seeds for Success Conference-Building the 21st Century Nonprofit, May 2012; Panelist, Real Estate Documents: Drafting for Success, ALI-CLE videocast, March, 2012

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