Ranking tables
Real Estate | USA
Florida: South
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
Senior Statespeople
Eminent Practitioners
Band 1
- Burt Bruton Greenberg Traurig, LLP20 Years Ranked
- Eric D Rapkin Akerman LLP13 Years Ranked
- Gary A. Saul Greenberg Traurig, LLP23 Years Ranked
- Jeffrey A. Deutch Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP13 Years Ranked
- John F Halula Holland & Knight LLP20 Years Ranked
- Nancy B Lash Greenberg Traurig, LLP16 Years Ranked
- Suzanne Amaducci Bilzin Sumberg19 Years Ranked
Band 2
- Adam D Lustig Bilzin Sumberg12 Years Ranked
- Barry Somerstein Greenspoon Marder LLP23 Years Ranked
- James W Shindell Bilzin Sumberg20 Years Ranked
- Manuel A Fernandez McCarter & English, LLP19 Years Ranked
- Margaret A Rolando Shutts & Bowen LLP15 Years Ranked
- Martin Schwartz Bilzin Sumberg12 Years Ranked
- Mike Bedke DLA Piper LLP (US)15 Years Ranked
- Richard Giusto Greenberg Traurig, LLP12 Years Ranked
- Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz Holland & Knight LLP5 Years Ranked
Band 3
- Arthur J Menor Shutts & Bowen LLP9 Years Ranked
- Brian McDonough Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.11 Years Ranked
- Ira Teicher Hogan Lovells US LLP5 Years Ranked
- James L Berger Berger Singerman16 Years Ranked
- Joseph Hernandez Bilzin Sumberg6 Years Ranked
- Kimberly LeCompte Greenberg Traurig, LLP10 Years Ranked
- Marc S Shuster Berger Singerman15 Years Ranked
- Meredith Singer Greenberg Traurig, LLP4 Years Ranked
- Peter D. Lopez Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.9 Years Ranked
- William Sklar Carlton Fields6 Years Ranked
- Manuel FarachMrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka, Thomas & Weiss, P.A.
Band 4
- Barbara Ferrer Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.8 Years Ranked
- Danielle DeVito-Hurley Gunster6 Years Ranked
- George Pincus Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.12 Years Ranked
- Mark Meland Meland Budwick, P.A.3 Years Ranked
- Ryan Girnun Jones Day4 Years Ranked
- Steven ZelkowitzTaylor English Duma LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Bilzin SumbergReal Estate2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedBilzin Sumberg provides a wide range of real estate services to property developers, owners and investors. Its areas of particular prowess include complex financings, developments, land use and zoning, while the team is also able to advise on joint venture formations, construction matters, debt restructuring and bankruptcies. The team offers strength in all aspects of real estate, including office, retail, industrial and commercial developments. The firm has particular strength in South Florida.1 Greenberg Traurig, LLPReal Estate2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedGreenberg Traurig, LLP houses significant capabilities across all aspects of real estate, including the acquisition, disposition, construction and financing of all property classes, including shopping centers, hotels, residential developments and office facilities. They are also adept in land use and zoning. Clients include developers, lenders, owners and REITs. Six offices in Florida give the team good access to all major markets in the state.
Band 2
2 Akerman LLPReal Estate2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedAkerman LLP has a deep bench of attorneys experienced in guiding clients through all aspects of real estate law, including purchases and sales, financing and land use matters. Other areas of strength include loan restructuring, the foreclosing of distressed real estate assets and expertise in all aspects of leasing. An impressive network of offices across the state allows the team to advise on matters throughout Florida. The firm is capable of advising a diverse array of clients, ranging broadly from real estate investors, lenders and owners to retailers and end-user businesses.
2 Holland & Knight LLPReal Estate2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedHolland & Knight LLP has extensive expertise advising on all aspects of real estate law, with noted excellence in handling leasing and sophisticated real estate financings for both borrower- and lender-side clients. The team is also highly recommended for its handling of land use and zoning matters. They frequently act for major financial institutions, and seven Florida offices give them impressive geographical coverage of the state.
2 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLPReal Estate2025 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is well versed in real estate matters including sophisticated transactional work. The firm is particularly renowned for its expertise in real estate joint venture formation and financing. Clients include owners, developers and lenders. It cultivates a wide-reaching portfolio of work in the affordable housing domain, working with clients such as local, state and federal government agencies, asset and property managers, and for-profit and nonprofit developers across 35 states.
2 Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.Real Estate2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedStearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA undertakes a broad range of real estate mandates for clients, including obtaining regulatory approvals and negotiating loans, purchases and sales. Other areas of expertise include the financing and development of affordable housing projects. Clients include owners, developers, hotel operators and institutional lenders. The team offers a substantial zoning and land use practice, guiding clients through entitlement, development, environmental and government regulatory concerns as well as associated litigation.
Band 3
3 Berger SingermanReal Estate2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedBerger Singerman demonstrates strengths in real estate acquisition, disposition and development. It is capable of counseling clients in the formation of joint ventures and the negotiation of real estate loans. The team has noted strength in acting on behalf of international developers and investors in the Florida real estate market. It has recognized experience pertaining to the hospitality sector, while also impressing in connection with residential, commercial and mixed-use developments. The firm is also noted for its representation of private equity funds, hedge funds and REITs in domestic and cross-border transactions.3 Greenspoon Marder LLPReal Estate2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedGreenspoon Marder LLP is a full-service firm with a notable presence throughout the Miami market. It offers experience in transactional real estate matters including the sale, lease and redevelopment of assets. The firm is noted for deep expertise in relation to the light industrial, leisure and hospitality industries.
3 GunsterReal Estate2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years RankedGunster is noted for its representation of clients in land use proceedings. It also advises on zoning, land use approvals and plan amendment matters. Clients include owners, developers, investors and public bodies.3 Shutts & Bowen LLPReal Estate2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedShutts & Bowen LLP represents local and national clients in sophisticated real estate deals. Areas of particular prowess include real estate lending and leasing transactions, with additional expertise in joint venture formation, title insurance and condominium law. The team is particularly strong in the Central and South Florida markets.