Law Firm Practice Group

For new lease acquisitions and dispositions, we leverage a proven process that combines local market intelligence, financial strategy, and workplace strategy. Our team actively tracks properties in a law firm client’s target area, providing regular updates on ownership, market values, and potential opportunities. Additionally, we conduct in-depth analysis, due diligence, financial modeling, and negotiation support that positions clients for long-term success.

Developing a highly customized approach to space planning and employee experience is the new standard of excellence when making decisions that impact real estate and current ways of working. Our team helps firms of all sizes understand and strategize space, tech, and culture to define the optimal holistic environment for employees to do their best work and help firms thrive.

We assess current office space effectiveness and employee experience objectively to co-create a clear and actionable vision for firm leaders to move forward with. Of utmost importance is implementing a process that meets law firms where they are, minimizes rumors and disruption, and provides recommendations tailored to the firm-specific culture, goals, and business needs.

We proactively identify opportunities to drive efficiencies, mitigate risks, and establish benchmarks that align real estate and business needs. By utilizing proprietary technology, our team takes a holistic view of owned & leased properties by location, space type, functional space allocation, headcounts, and costs to establish optimized sizing & usage accessible from anywhere.

We help law firm leaders mitigate occupancy risk by identifying capital markets exposure that may impact their landlord before it becomes a liability. Our team evaluates each landlord’s capital structure, financing sources, and debt profile to reveal hidden vulnerabilities — from maturing loans and recapitalization risk to constrained liquidity and covenant exposure. This insight allows clients to anticipate potential defaults, avoid “zombie buildings”, and transact only with owners that have the financial capacity to perform.

Our underwriting platform draws upon in-house institutional investment management expertise to anticipate how landlords will approach negotiation and execution. By analyzing ownership objectives, portfolio positioning, and return requirements, we develop a forensic understanding of a landlord’s exposure, flexibility, and likely decision pathways. This perspective allows our team to predict ownership behavior and guide our clients toward the most effective negotiation strategies.

Covering areas such as supply, market dynamics and location feasibility, we empower law firm clients to make informed decisions through data visualization and comparison of multiple factors and locations. Backed by science and analytics, understanding an area’s ecology is an integral step to the strategic planning, market suitability, and site selection process.