Real Estate 2026

USA – TEXAS Law and Practice Contributed by: Taylor Cooksey, David Brooks, Serena Kramer and Philip Kinkaid, Cokinos | Young

Cokinos | Young has over 100 attorneys across six offices in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, San Francisco and Saddle River, NJ/New York City. The firm is ranked among the leading law firms in multiple categories by Chambers USA. Clients include some of the largest construction companies, developers and shared wireless tower providers in the country.

More than 20 Cokinos | Young attorneys have prac - tices that include real estate transactions or litigation. The real estate practice group has extensive experi - ence in all aspects of real estate acquisitions, dispo - sitions, leasing, financing and development, includ - ing the negotiation and formation of joint ventures and investment entities.

Authors

Taylor Cooksey is a principal in the Houston office of Cokinos | Young, where he leads the firm’s real estate

Serena Kramer is a senior counsel in the real estate practice group in the Houston office of Cokinos ǀ Young. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, with involvement in the acquisition and

practice group. His experience includes the acquisition, leasing, financing, development and disposition of improved and unimproved properties. Projects include portfolio acquisitions and developments of multifamily (multiple cities and states) or single-family residential units (including master-planned communities and coastal development), office buildings, retail, condominiums, museums, banks and schools. His clients include national and local developers, prominent families, public and private companies, and non-profit institutions.

disposition of land for multifamily, single-family and other commercial development, title curative work, and acquisitions and dispositions of improved properties, including shopping centres, office buildings and multifamily projects.

Philip Kinkaid is a senior counsel in the Houston office of Cokinos | Young, where he is a member of the real estate practice group. His real estate practice focuses primarily on acquisitions and divestitures of

David Brooks is a senior counsel in the Houston office of Cokinos | Young. He specialises in the negotiation of telecommunications easements and leases, and has substantial experience in representing

commercial real property, leasing transactions (including ground leases and sale-leasebacks) and development projects. Philip has assisted clients with many types of real estate, including multifamily properties, shopping centres, office buildings, industrial facilities, ranches, university and municipal properties, and timberland and other unimproved land.

clients in the negotiation of wind, solar and battery storage leases and related agreements. David also represents clients in a wide range of real estate matters, including the acquisition, financing, development and disposition of commercial, single- family and multifamily properties, and he represents both landlords and tenants in the negotiation of office, retail, restaurant and industrial leases.

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