Real estate
The chair of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP's real estate practice group, Leah Schleicher concentrates her practice in commercial real estate lending, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and development. Schleicher represents real estate companies, non real estate businesses and institutional investors (both general and limited partners) in retail, multifamily and industrial transactions.
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Real Estate
Position
Partner & Chair
Career
Leah is chair of the firm’s Real Estate practice group and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Hospitality and Leisure Practice Group. She develops legal strategies for clients, both real estate investors and clients in other industries who are heavy real estate users, in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions; mortgage and mezzanine financing transactions; commercial leases, hotel management and franchise agreements, co-living and property management arrangements; and entity structuring focused on operational and tax efficiency.
Leah’s nationwide practice covers widespread asset classes. Clients include institutional real estate investors, real estate developers, manufacturers, distributors, hotel owners, retailers and restauranteurs, and high net worth individuals. She simplifies the real estate transaction process for her clients by implementing a project strategy that is tailored to the individual client’s objectives and placing an emphasis on being nimble and proactive to both take advantage of opportunities that arise and avoid unnecessary complications.
Leah is a member of and previously co-chaired the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She is also a member of the Income Partner Review, Associate Review, and Opinions Committees.
Education
Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1997)
Michigan State University (B.A., 1994)
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