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Mayer Brown Offices
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CHICAGO, IL 60606
ILLINOIS
United States
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Mr Paul Meyer
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Paul Meyer is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Real Estate group, is one of the co-chairs of the Real Estate group’s cross border practice and former head of the Chicago Real Estate practice. In his more than 30 years of practice, Paul has obtained substantial experience in virtually every aspect of the real estate industry. Paul’s widely diversified practice includes the representation of real estate investors and developers in all types of domestic and international equity and debt real estate transactions, including complex tax structured joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and financing involving office buildings, apartment complexes, retail centers, industrial and logistics facilities, hotels, storage facilities, condominiums, medical office buildings and assisted-living facilities as well as senior loans, construction loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments. In recent years his practice has focused on cross border investments that utilize complex tax structures. Paul’s clients include US and non-US insurance companies, US and non-US fund sponsors, pension funds advisors, REITs, institutional investors, developers, asset managers and other capital providers.
Education
Creighton University, BA, magna cum laude 1984 University of Notre Dame Law School, JD, cum laude 1987 University of Notre Dame Law Review
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
(Leading lawyers)Highly recommended for its expertise negotiating and establishing joint ventures, Mayer Brown‘s active real estate practice remains sought-after for retail, industrial, office, hotel, healthcare, housing as well as land ventures. Brian Aronson in Los Angeles heads the practice; he advises REITs, life insurance companies, pension funds, portfolio asset managers, and other institutional lenders and investors on all transactional matters. Over in Chicago, Heather Adkerson and Paul Meyer are the key figures, with Meyer particularly noted for his extensive experience advising on acquisitions, dispositions and financing involving office buildings, apartment complexes, retail centers, industrial and logistics facilities, hotels, storage facilities, condominiums, medical and assisted-living facilities.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > International tax
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds