This practice advises developers, investors, sponsors, lenders, owners, and operators through the structure, negotiation, financing, and closing of commercial real estate transactions.
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.
This practice focuses on complex commercial real estate transactions — those that combine multiple financing sources, several parties, and overlapping legal disciplines. Representative areas include:
Ground-up and mixed-use development, entitlement coordination, and construction documentation.
Purchase and sale of commercial assets, diligence, title and survey, and closing.
Construction, bridge, and permanent debt, intercreditor arrangements, and guaranties.
Formation and governance of investment and development entities.
LIHTC, tax-exempt bonds, and layered public and private capital.
Office, retail, and industrial leasing for landlords and tenants.
Tax-exempt financing, governmental programs, and subordinate public capital.
Refinancing, restructuring, and Year-15 LIHTC transitions.
Development, finance, joint venture, affordable housing, tax credit, and closing experience.
Acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, diligence, entity structuring, and portfolio transaction counsel.
Real estate finance, construction lending, collateral, intercreditor, and closing coordination.
Layered funding, regulatory agreements, public programs, and long-term compliance structures.
Brokers, accountants, lenders, and other lawyers who need a reliable commercial real estate practice for their clients.
Leasing, management structures, joint ventures, and ongoing ownership and operational transactions.
Clients work directly with the attorney responsible for the engagement. The firm's work on a transaction follows a consistent sequence:
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