Commercial Real Estate Counsel for Complex Transactions.

This practice advises developers, investors, sponsors, lenders, owners, and operators through the structure, negotiation, financing, and closing of commercial real estate transactions.

A Focused Commercial Real Estate Practice

Snow LLP advises developers, investors, sponsors, lenders, owners, operators, and nonprofit organizations on commercial real estate transactions across the full lifecycle — acquisition, ownership, financing, development, leasing, and disposition. The firm concentrates on transactional work that requires coordinated legal execution across multiple disciplines, from initial structure and diligence through financing, documentation, and closing.

Snow LLP represents clients throughout the Midwest in commercial real estate transactions. The firm is based in Illinois and advises on Illinois matters directly, working with local counsel in other jurisdictions when required by applicable law or the scope of the engagement.

Counsel for Complex Transactions

This practice focuses on complex commercial real estate transactions — those that combine multiple financing sources, several parties, and overlapping legal disciplines. Representative areas include:

Development

Ground-up and mixed-use development, entitlement coordination, and construction documentation.

Acquisitions & Dispositions

Purchase and sale of commercial assets, diligence, title and survey, and closing.

Financing

Construction, bridge, and permanent debt, intercreditor arrangements, and guaranties.

Joint Ventures

Formation and governance of investment and development entities.

Affordable Housing & Tax Credits

LIHTC, tax-exempt bonds, and layered public and private capital.

Commercial Leasing

Office, retail, and industrial leasing for landlords and tenants.

Public Incentives

Tax-exempt financing, governmental programs, and subordinate public capital.

Recapitalization

Refinancing, restructuring, and Year-15 LIHTC transitions.

Who the Practice Serves

Developers & Sponsors

Development, finance, joint venture, affordable housing, tax credit, and closing experience.

Investors & Owners

Acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, diligence, entity structuring, and portfolio transaction counsel.

Lenders & Capital Participants

Real estate finance, construction lending, collateral, intercreditor, and closing coordination.

Nonprofit & Affordable Housing Organizations

Layered funding, regulatory agreements, public programs, and long-term compliance structures.

Referral Sources

Brokers, accountants, lenders, and other lawyers who need a reliable commercial real estate practice for their clients.

Operators & Property Participants

Leasing, management structures, joint ventures, and ongoing ownership and operational transactions.

How the Firm Works

Clients work directly with the attorney responsible for the engagement. The firm's work on a transaction follows a consistent sequence:

  • Early issue identification. Title, entity, financing, and regulatory issues are surfaced at the outset, before they affect the schedule.
  • Financing coordination. Loan, equity, bond, and subordinate-financing documents and their closing conditions are aligned across the capital stack.
  • Integrated transaction management. Diligence, documentation, and third-party deliverables are tracked so the components of the transaction move together.
  • Multidisciplinary coordination. The firm works with tax, bond, environmental, and local counsel where a transaction requires it.
  • Closing preparation. The closing checklist is assembled, conditions are confirmed, and the mechanics of a coordinated closing are managed to completion.

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