The Real Estate Group at Shannon Gracey

The Real Estate Group at Shannon Gracey offers substantial experience on various real estate matters including acquisitions and dispositions, environmental, finance and securitization, property management and operation, leasing, brokers and salespersons, construction, workouts, development and zoning and land use. Our attorneys represent a broad spectrum of clients, including lenders, purchasers, sellers, lessors, lessees, investors and developers. The Real Estate Group has a rich diversity of experience working with commercial and industrial properties, sports facilities, hotels, office buildings, retail, shopping centers, apartment complexes, residential developments, homeowners’ associations and investment properties. Our members offer credible and dependable advice based on a deep understanding of the real estate industry and the legal challenges and unique commercial drivers that affect our clients.

A Comprehensive Approach

Our broad representation of clients gives us valuable insight into both basic and complex interests in real estate transactions, litigation, regulation and financing. Because this process can be time consuming, Shannon Gracey distinguishes itself by its highly collaborative, cost-effective approach to client work.

• Banking & Financial Institutions - We advise clients on loan structures including secured loans, mezzanine financing, development loads, government programs and special purpose entities.
  
  
• Bankruptcy – Our experience includes substantial creditor representation in workouts and bankruptcy proceedings as well as commercial litigation involving the enforcement of creditors' rights and lender liability defense.
  
  
• Construction - Our attorneys assist general contractors, sub-contractors and developers with documentation, disputes, appraisals, survey reports, titles, feasibility studies and nearly all phases and necessities of commercial and residential development.
  
  
• Corporate – Group members assist in the purchase and disposition of property, transaction and loan documentation and entity formations including partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations.
  
  
• Energy – We advise clients on all aspects of energy law that impact or involve real property matters.
  
  
• Environmental Law - We provide counsel during all phases of property transactions and filings, as well as help structure effective responses to enforcement actions.
  
  
• Government & Municipal Law – Our real estate attorneys provide counsel in both the public and private sectors, providing representation for regulatory and legislative issues at the local, state and federal levels.
  
  
• Land Use – We appear before local, state and federal regulatory boards, and help clients understand zoning ordinances and other laws regulating the use, construction and modification of property.
  
  
• Litigation / Alternative Dispute Resolution / Appellate - When our clients become involved in disputes concerning real property (whether they arise out of the sale, rental or ownership of property, contracts, easements or tortuous behavior such as fraud), our real estate attorneys collaborate with our litigation and alternative dispute resolution attorneys to help solve those problems.
  
  
• Tax – Our tax attorneys perform tax planning services, represent clients with audits and counsel them on the unique tax structure of real estate transactions, ownership and dispositions.