INTRODUCTION Contributed by: John Sullivan and Michael Haworth, DLA Piper LLP
DLA Piper LLP has more than 995 lawyers in the real estate sector, operating in more than 40 countries, including strongly established teams in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. The firm is widely recognised as a market leader in the commercial real estate sector. It represents many of the world’s leading investors, owners, develop - ers, lenders, asset managers, fund sponsors and in - vestment advisers, and offers the full range of real
estate services, including single asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, single asset and multi- property/programmatic joint ventures, fund forma - tion, operating company investments, cross-border investments, REITs, financing, construction and de - sign, leasing, zoning/land use, public-private part - nerships, environmental law, real estate litigation and tax.
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John Sullivan is senior counsel at DLA Piper, the former chair of its US real estate practice, and the former
Michael Haworth is a partner in DLA Piper’s US real estate practice. His practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, often involving cross-border investments between the US, Asia or other jurisdictions. He
co-chair of its global real estate sector. He has a broad-ranging practice that encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate, with a particular emphasis on representing public and private pension plans, opportunity funds, investment advisers and non-US investors in equity, debt, hybrid and joint venture transactions throughout North America. John is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He is a guest lecturer on real estate joint ventures at the MIT Real Estate Center and Columbia Business School, and has served as an expert witness in real estate joint venture disputes.
advises a range of real estate investors, lenders and other market participants on real estate investment matters globally, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financings, both as borrower and as lender. Drawing upon over ten years’ experience as a lawyer in Tokyo and Hong Kong, Michael has experience in helping first-time investors navigate cultural, legal and market differences in cross-border commercial real estate transactions.
DLA Piper LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1104 USA
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