Real Estate

Covington’s real estate practice offers an array of transactional and advisory services and ranges from the structuring and implementation of complex acquisitions, developments, financings, and dispositions to counseling Fortune 500 corporations and developers of property. Our clients include developers, investors, asset managers, landlords, tenants, property managers, estates, foundations, schools, and individuals. We have been recognized as a leader in this area on many occasions by a range of publications, including Chambers USA, Legal 500, Super Lawyers, Washington Business Journal, and The Best Lawyers in America.

Our real estate attorneys regularly represent clients in most aspects of their acquisition and development projects, commercial leasing activities, partnership and other joint ventures, financing transactions, construction, and litigation matters. Covington has a proven track record of handling the real estate aspects of commercial acquisitions and dispositions. We have substantial experience representing owners with respect to the negotiation of their development, design, construction, and project management documents for their facilities and other capital improvement projects.

We structure and implement the real estate components of multi-faceted corporate transactions as well as advise on matters involving potential environmental liabilities, tax, and insolvency matters for our clients. Of particular significance is our experience representing parties to public/private development ventures, commercial leasing, and not-for-profit organizations in the acquisitions or development of headquarters facilities.