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Taking a Results-Oriented Approach in Real Estate Matters

The Real Estate practice at McGill provides clients with practical advice and creative solutions to achieve their most critical goals. Our experienced practitioners’ counsel and represent a broad base of clients ranging from developers, owners, property managers, and tenants to financial institutions and investors in all aspects of real property transactions. We are results-oriented professionals who fully understand how real estate deals work. Whether we are handling a residential sale or a complex commercial development project, we structure and negotiate the transaction to avoid potential risks and position our clients for long-term success.

Handling a Broad Range of Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions

The attorneys in our real estate practice group are experienced in handling all types of commercial and residential transactions, including:

  • Commercial and residential acquisitions and sales
  • Commercial landlord-tenant disputes
  • Land use, zoning, and permitting
  • Commercial property due diligence
  • Commercial leasing
  • Retail, industrial, office, and residential development
  • Financing transactions, including non-traditional source funding
  • Brokerage commission disputes
  • Construction contract review and negotiations
  • Contract and lease negotiations
  • Debt restructurings
  • Environmental matters
  • Foreclosures
  • Lender liability lawsuits
  • Like-kind exchange financing
  • Loan workouts
  • Property-management issues
  • Real and personal property tax exemption
  • Sale-leaseback financing
  • Title-insurance matters

While we are highly skilled in structuring transactions and drafting associated contracts and legal documents, our attorneys serve as true advisors to our clients, helping them to identify and evaluate opportunities that are best aligned with their business and financial objectives. When real estate problems and conflicts arise, McGill lawyers are also well equipped to handle all aspects of litigation, from negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, to trial and appeal. Although our goal is to resolve claims and disputes at the earliest point in the process, we know that there are times when litigating is necessary to achieve our clients’ objective.

Using a Collaborative Approach to Find the Best Solutions for our Clients

At McGill, we pride ourselves in working together both with our clients and with practitioners throughout our firm to find the right answers to difficult legal problems. Real estate deals and transactions can be complex and often benefit from the knowledge and understanding of professionals with skills in a diverse range of legal disciplines. Our collaborative approach to the practice of law ensures that our real estate clients have access to the best attorneys for their individual situation. This means that regardless of whether your real estate matter includes complicated tax concepts, banking, and financing issues or another related area of the law, you can trust that we have the resources and capability to get you to where you want to be in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

To learn more about our Real Estate practice group and how our attorneys can best assist you with a commercial or residential real estate matter, we encourage you to contact our office at 402.492.9200.