我们成功地解决了各类问题，使客户的房地产资产价值或用处得以保持或有所增长，经验丰富。本行房地产诉讼专家与房地产、重组、破产及清算、银行及金融、环境、建筑及工程、专业责任团队密切合作，以极富创新性的解决方案协助客户处理日益复杂的事宜。

我们就银行及证券相关的房地产诉讼提供法律意见，包括商业抵押担保证券（CMBS）及住宅抵押担保证券（CMBS）相关事宜。我们广泛代理房东、房客、担保人、贷款人及破产从业员处理各类破产程序引发的地产相关事宜。我们的团队中有破产管理、止赎权以及其他形式的房地产资产强制担保方面的专家。

我们就各类房地产关系引发的争议向客户提供法律意见，包括房东/房客、贷款人/借款人、合资/合伙/有限责任公司、服务商/特殊服务商/主服务商。我们还专注于房地产行业的保险及专业损害赔偿事宜。

本行其他专长领域包括：

• 商业租金调整
• 终止租约，包括中止选择权
• 采光权（Rights to light，英国法地役权的一种形式）
• 租借期满时房屋的失修状况及其他失修及恢复要求
• 占有、非法侵入及滋扰索赔，包括对抗议者的禁令
• 就起草房地产合同提供有先有卖权相关法律意见
• 业务租赁续签
• 房东与房客纠纷，例如房客违约、房东同意及服务费要求
• 限制条款及地役权
• 依据房地产契约（包括有条件销售及追回利益协议（overage agreements））提出的要求
• 1990年《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）项下的争议

请参阅财产权获知更多关于本行芝加哥、纽约及华盛顿业务的详情。

• Successfully represented a real estate development company in defeating the claims of a hold-over tenant attempting to halt redevelopment of a property for use as a high tech data center.
• Advised numerous real estate development companies and investment funds in successfully terminating purchase, development and financing agreements.
• Advised real estate investment funds and individual investors as to rights and obligations with respect to responding to capital calls.
• Represented Capital & Counties in relation to the Covent Garden estate, London, England to support their efforts to develop it as one of the world's most prestigious retail and leisure locations.
• Represented US investment bank JP Morgan in relation to issues arising on its £495 million acquisition and refurbishment of what will be their European headquarters, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, England. The insolvency of the previous tenant, Lehman Brothers, created cross-border insolvency issues and the need to advise on structuring the translation so as to preserve liabilities.
• Represented a landlord in a rent review arbitration regarding the lease of a large retail site on Oxford Street, London, England.
• Represented an insurer and its insured firm of surveyors in the successful settlement of the largest professional negligence claim the firm had faced for years, arising from the attempted exercise of a number of lease break options.
• Represented a corporate claimant in a professional negligence claim against its lawyers arising from the invalid exercise of a number of lease break options.
• Represented an overseas fund requiring advice on investing in non-performing loans secured over commercial, residential and buy-to-let property across the United Kingdom.
• Represented a developer in challenging the validity of a light obstruction notice by the owner of a building neighboring the site of the client's proposed development.
• Represented a major corporation in relation to a tribunal application by the British Secretary of State for Transport for a compulsory purchase order (CPO) and secured the retention of a right to run a railway line over the land subject to the CPO.
• Represented a leading United Kingdom corporation in an arbitration and parallel independent expert determination. Also advised on an associated professional negligence claim against the client’s former lawyers and planning consultants.
• Represented a property investor in facilitating the future redevelopment of a property portfolio using lease renewal proceedings to incorporate landlord’s breaks into the leases of the site.