McCarter & English, LLP is a firm of over 400 lawyers with offices in Boston, Hartford, Stamford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia and Wilmington. Founded more than 160 years ago, the firm is among the oldest law firms in the United States. McCarter & English espouses a client-centered philosophy emphasizing superior service and dedication to its clients that, when combined with legal expertise, allows the firm to devise and implement strategies to achieve client goals and objectives. This philosophy has served the firm's clients well and is responsible for the firm's long-standing success and stability.

McCarter & English has a long and distinguished history of providing legal services to the real estate industry. The cross-regional group has attorneys in Boston, Hartford, Newark, New York, Philadelphia and Wilmington and represents all segments of the industry—lenders and borrowers, institutional and equity investors, developers, landlords and tenants—across the entire range of transactions encountered in real estate investment, development, leasing, and lending for commercial, industrial, retail, hotel and residential projects throughout the United States.

The real estate group has consistently been involved in all aspects of the changing dynamics of the real estate industry. The group represents clients in all aspects of the development cycle, including land use approvals, capital formation, construction and permanent financing, leasing and occupancy issues and ownership transfers. Given its depth of experience, the group is well-placed to counsel owners, lenders and tenants in the down portion of real estate cycles, whether the issue be debt restructuring or asset repositioning. The real estate group also addresses specific areas of concern such as the structuring and organization of common-interest communities and tax evaluations and appeals. In performing these functions, the group often works closely with the firm's construction, environmental and debtor/creditor groups.