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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
161 NORTH CLARK STREET
SUITE 4800
CHICAGO, IL 60601 - 3206
ILLINOIS
United States

Work Department

Commercial Real Estate

Position

Partner – Real Estate

Career

Heidi J. Azulay is a transactional real estate and finance lawyer. Real estate investment trusts, emerging growth companies, and institutional, commercial and developer clients value Heidi’s guidance and approach to their commercial real estate transactions, which range from acquisitions, dispositions, development and complex leasing and asset management projects to financings, joint ventures and restructurings covering nearly every asset class.

Borrowers also rely on Heidi to counsel them through their most sophisticated and complex secured and unsecured REIT and corporate credit facilities, agency financings, construction financings, and commercial and personal finance transactions, including the acquisition of senior and junior debt.

Beyond her deep experience across the spectrum of real estate and finance transactions, Heidi has particular experience in complex transactions related to sports stadium and arena projects, including negotiation of project ground leases and development documents, facility use agreements, and financings throughout the lifespan of such projects.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS

  • Crain’s Chicago Business, “Notable Women in Law,” 2024
  • American Lung Association Local Leadership Board, Board Member
  • Real Estate Forum, Next Generation: Tomorrow’s Newsmakers, 2009
  • Illinois Super Lawyers, Rising Star
  • Georgetown Law School CLE Advanced Commercial League Institute, Rising Star, 2008
  • Real Estate Chicago, “40 Under 40,” 2003

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Real estate

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner‘s real estate team regularly acts for a range of clients throughout the market, with experience representing private equity firms and developers in the capital markets as well as landlords and tenants in major leasing transactions. Further, the group has noted involvement with a range of asset classes including office, multi-family, retail, and mixed-use properties. Andrew Auerbach, based in New York, leads the real estate practice with experience in structuring, negotiating, and documenting real estate finance transactions across all asset classes. The team is bolstered by the experience of Heidi Azulay of the Chicago office, who brings experience advising REITs, and Jim Buell of the St Louis office whose experience includes advising on the acquisition and development of data centers.