Commercial Lease Due Diligence 101: Landlord and Tenant Considerations, Provisions to Mitigate Client Risk

Ms. Bruton is a real estate attorney representing clients in all aspects of sophisticated commercial real estate finance, acquisition, disposition, development, and leasing projects. She has significant experience in capital formation for real estate investments, including joint ventures, mezzanine financing, commercial loans and securitized financing transactions, EB-5 financing, and preferred equity transactions. Ms. Bruton assists clients in the acquisition, development, and financing of a variety of real estate projects in multiple asset categories, including residential and commercial developments, office buildings, retail and shopping centers, and multifamily housing, and represents entrepreneurial and institutional investors.

Ms. Peters has more than 20 years of in-house and private experience directing legal efforts with regard to real estate development, construction and finance – and is a trusted advisor to local, regional and national landlords and tenants on commercial leasing matters spanning all asset types. Ms. Peters joined the firm from Lightstone Group, one of the largest, privately-held real estate management and development companies in the country with a commercial real estate portfolio of over 6 million square feet. As Lightstone’s General Counsel, she was deeply involved with commercial leasing and various transactions across the company’s portfolio – overseeing the legal components of the company’s acquisition, development, disposition, financing and land use functions on a national scale.