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In today’s rapidly changing real estate marketplace, including the burgeoning fields of sustainable development and green building, it is essential that our attorneys stay abreast of the issues and opportunities that arise from “green” initiatives and regulations.
Goodwin Procter’s Real Estate, REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets Group does just that as a part of its commitment to excellence in helping our clients to manage risk, maximize opportunities and move their business forward. With a deep understanding of developing regulations and legislation, we advise clients on the wide-range of issues that arise when navigating the legal landscape of sustainable development and green building.
Under the Real Estate, REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets Group, attorneys in our Public Finance Practice provide full-service real estate development counsel, offering unmatched legal service in every aspect of the development process and on a variety of project types, including bond counsel and related public finance representation; public-private partnerships; infrastructure development and financing; renewable energy and sustainable development; environmental compliance and remediation; transit-oriented development; project finance; land-secured financing and development; troubled assets and distressed bond workouts; affordable housing; redevelopment; land acquisition and disposition; land-use entitlements; and post construction management.
We represent commercial and residential developers, construction companies, public and private owners and buyers, banks and lenders, corporate and governmental entities, consultants and other stakeholders in a wide range of matters, including sustainable development and green building issues such as:
- Evaluation of green building requirements and incentive programs
- Navigation of local regulations and approval processes
- Regulatory compliance for public and private projects
- Approaches for accessing financial incentives, including new sources of public and private capital
- Structuring of financing through tax credits and municipal bonds
- Contract negotiation and drafting for all phases of development, including land acquisition, development agreements, construction and purchase and sale documents
- Identification and management of risks and liabilities
- Negotiations with insurance and financial institutions
- Guidance through LEED and other green building certifications
- Understanding of and compliance with building code changes and challenges
- Strategies for optimizing sustainable attributes in land use and entitlement projects
The complex issues raised by state and local regulatory mandates combined with green building incentives often require transactional and regulatory experience that extends beyond traditional real estate law. To address these matters and keep our clients ahead of the curve, Goodwin Procter attorneys across several disciplines, including Carbon Markets and Climate Change, Clean Tech, Energy, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Private Equity, Public Finance, Tax, Technology and Transportation, combine their expertise in a multidisciplinary approach that offers integrated and comprehensive solutions to meet the individual needs of our clients.
Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms with offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s core areas of practice are real estate, corporate and litigation, with specialized areas of focus that include REITs and real estate capital markets, financial services, private equity, technology, intellectual property, tax and products liability.
For more information about our sustainable development and green building experience, please contact us.
