Sujata Yalamanchili

Practice Areas

Real Estate Leasing

Real Estate Development

Canada-U.S. Cross-Border

International-U.S. Cross-Border

Education

Banking & Finance

Energy

Financial Services

Foreign Embassies & Consulates

Green Building

Public-Private Partnerships

Real Estate

Renewable Energy

Retail

Tax-Exempt Organizations

Telecommunications

Professional Memberships

• Board of Governors, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)

• Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)

• Chair, Commercial Leasing Committee, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)

• Commercial Lease Law Insider board of advisors

• New York State Bar Association

• Bar Association of Erie County

Expert in these Jurisdictions

• New York

• Connecticut

Career

Sujata Yalamanchili is a real estate attorney and Partner at Hodgson Russ where she leads the firm’s Real Estate Leasing and Retail Practices. Her practice is distinguished by its depth and versatility, encompassing commercial real estate development, leasing, investment, and financing across a wide range of sectors.

Sujata advises clients on structuring acquisition and development projects for office, distribution, and manufacturing facilities. She is a trusted legal advisor to retail sector developers and operators, guiding them through development, acquisition, leasing, financing, and 1031 exchange transactions. Her work includes acting as lead real estate counsel to a publicly traded financial institution, a nonprofit healthcare organization, and a UK-based retailer with over 200 locations across North America.

She has significant experience leading the firm’s work in public-private partnerships, which has encompassed legislative drafting, project structuring, and negotiating complex agreements. Notably, she represents several New York State University of New York (NYSUNY) universities and affiliated foundations in a range of development, revenue generating and educational matters.

Sujata also counsels tax-exempt entities such as colleges, universities, and healthcare providers on governance, development, and leasing matters. Her specialty includes nontraditional financing structures like sale-leasebacks and ground leases, ansd she has advised on hospitality projects involving management contracts, leases, franchise agreements, and joint ventures.

Her business-focused legal advice is informed by her prior experience as a financial analyst for a Fortune 50 company, where she specialized in cost accounting, project analysis, budgeting, and forecasting. She also authors the “Real Assessment” column for Tax Notes State.

Clients turn to Sujata for trusted real estate counsel, backed by consistent recognition in Chambers USA since 2017 and Best Lawyers in America since 2013.

Education