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Michelle Schulman

Michelle Schulman

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Michelle is a transactional commercial real estate attorney representing private equity firms, real estate funds, and data infrastructure owners and operators across a broad range of domestic and international transactions, with a focus on the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of commercial property, including office, industrial, retail and raw land. She has represented institutional and individual landlords and tenants involved in build-to-suit lease transactions and corporate headquarters projects.

Michelle also has extensive experience advising companies and negotiating agreements relating to all aspects of the niche real estate class of data center development, including, but not limited to, planning, acquisition, financing, construction, leasing, colocation agreements and telecommunication master service agreements, both domestically and internationally.

Additionally, Michelle has experience in the hospitality sector, having represented clients in large and complex acquisitions, dispositions and financings of hotel and resort properties, including the negotiation of the related management agreements.

Career

Before joining Cooley, Michelle was an associate at a US-based international law firm, where she represented developers, borrowers and users in commercial real estate transactions, as well as US and international construction companies and government contractors in complex commercial litigation and the negotiation of multifaceted construction contracts.

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Real Estate - Virginia: Northern

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Michelle Schulman focuses her practice on real estate transactions and leasing on behalf of borrowers, institutional landlords and tenants. She also has expertise in advising on data center transactions.

Strengths

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  • Michelle is an excellent client-centric lawyer and a pleasure to work with.

    Real EstateChambers Guide to the USA
  • Michelle provides timely and sensible advice, anticipates questions and works to develop practical, innovative solutions.

    Real EstateChambers Guide to the USA

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