Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has broad real estate experience and represents private equity firms, public commissions, multinational property investors, and financial services institutions. The practice group is involved in various transactional mandates, ranging from logistics portfolio acquisitions and joint venture matters to equity investments and multi-family rental property development. Andrew Auerbach leads the team in New York and is noted for his strength in restructurings, debt investments, and project financings. In Denver, Heather Boelens is described by clients as ‘attentive, proactive, communicative, personable, and organized’. Los Angeles-based Vanessa Sunshine is a reliable contact for various private lenders, assisting them with hospitality and retail projects. Heidi Azulay practices out of the firms Chicago office and has established experience in commercial property dispositions. In January 2025, Tal Diamant joined the firm from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, while Varuna Bhattacharyya, Matthew Royko, and George Evans left the firm between July and October 2025.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘Heather Boelens was attentive, proactive, communicative, personable, and organized. She predicted our needs and executed the transaction flawlessly. If a portion of the transaction required expertise in a different field, Heather was able to pull in her colleagues at Bryan Cave to provide the support.'
- ‘Bryan Cave provided effective cross-functional, collaborative representation on a large and complex real estate transaction with many facets. We attribute the successful completion of the transaction to Bryan Cave’s representation.’
Key clients
- Access Industries
- AIMCO
- Ares Management LLC
- Asana Partners
- Ascendant Capital Partners
- Ascentris
- Avenue Realty Capital
- Celestica LLC
- Denver Public Schools
- Fairstead Acquisitions LLC
- Kansas City, Missouri TIF Commission
- Mesa West Capital
Work highlights
Advised LX Pantos USA (LXPA), a U.S. subsidiary of a global logistics company headquartered in Seoul and an affiliate of Korean global conglomerate LG, in connection with its acquisition of two newly built large-scale logistics centers (1.2 million sq. ft.) in Dalton, Georgia, at a collective purchase price of $116.5 million USD.
Acting as lead outside counsel for Sculptor Real Estate, a major New York-based private equity fund, since it was founded in 2003.
Practice head
Andrew Auerbach
Other key lawyers
Heidi Azulay; Heather Boelens; Vanessa Sunshine; Tal Diamant