Masuda Funai

Real Estate

Principal

Tim Hammersmith is the Chair of Masuda Funai’s Real Estate practice. He is focused on the sale, purchase, new construction and leasing of commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family dwelling and other types of real property. Tim also advises on real estate-related tax matters, litigation and dispute resolution. In his third decade of practice, he represents domestic and international businesses and individuals with a primary focus on supporting and facilitating their operational objectives and underlying business goals.

Tim represents both landlords and tenants with respect to a variety of leasing matters, not only including lease negotiations, but also regarding complex construction/tenant build-out contracts. Additionally, Tim advises on real estate litigation involving disputes over title, property boundaries, easements, rights of ingress and egress, title insurance matters and landlord tenant contract disputes. Tim also provides tax counsel on real property tax matters, including contesting real estate tax assessments on commercial, industrial and multi-family investment grade properties and representing not-for-profit entities in the area of real estate tax exemptions, representing industrial use clients in obtaining real estate tax incentives, as well as advising on real estate tax leasehold issues.

Admissions: Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin

American Bar Association

Florida State Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

J.D., The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, 1993

B.S., Finance, University of South Florida, 1987