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John Sullivan
Work Department
Real Estate; Finance; Real Estate Finance; Life Sciences; Construction and Engineering; Development, Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate Disputes and Restructuring
Position
Partner; Chair, US Real Estate Practice; Co-Chair, US Real Estate Sector; Co-Chair, Global Real Estate Sector
Career
John Sullivan has a broad-ranging practice that encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate. His clients include institutional real estate investment advisors, US and non-US pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, real estate investment funds, and family offices.
In particular, John represents public and private pension plans, opportunity funds, investment advisors and non-US investors in equity, debt, hybrid and joint venture transactions throughout North America. He is very familiar with UBTI, VCOC and REOC issues faced by tax exempt and benefit plan investors and with the tax and regulatory issues faced by non-US investors.
A significant portion of John’s practice involves representing institutional investors in real estate joint ventures, including development and strategic or platform joint ventures. He is recognized as a thought leader with respect to real estate joint ventures, and he is a guest lecturer on that topic at the MIT Real Estate Center and Columbia Business School. He also has substantial experience representing both lenders and borrowers in complex real estate loan workouts and restructurings throughout the US.
In addition to being Chair of the US Real Estate practice and Co-Chair of the Global Real Estate Practice, John is a member of DLA Piper’s US Executive Committee and Policy Committee.
Memberships
The Real Estate Round Table; Real Estate Finance Association; Pension Real Estate Association; Advisory Board Member, ULI Boston/New England; American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate
Education
J.D., Cornell Law School; B.A., College of the Holy Cross
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
(Leading partners)The team at DLA Piper LLP (US)
is well regarded for its practice representing real estate investors, advisers, asset managers, and fund sponsors, as well as lenders, borrowers, developers, and owners, in high-profile matters. The broad team has expertise in a broad range of areas, with experience across all real state asset classes, and various types of transactions including acquisitions and sales, real estate M&A, fund formations, and joint ventures. John Sullivan, based in the Boston office, acts as co-head of the real estate practice, with a particular emphasis on representing public and private pension plans, private equity funds, and complex joint-venture transactions. Fellow co-head Bryan Connolly, also based in Boston, concentrates his practice on real estate developments, acquisitions and dispositions, and leasing matters. Supporting the Boston office, John Rattigan and Oriana Montani are well-respected for their work on a wide range of real estate matters, including financings and REIT work. Elsewhere, Frederick Klein and Lauren Rico in the Washington office represent domestic and offshore investors in projects throughout the US with experience across a range of asset classes, and Cara Nelson in Boston represents foreign pension funds in complex joint venture negotiations with both domestic and foreign JV partners.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- 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
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation