Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Lauren focuses her practice on a wide range of commercial real estate and related transactions. She provides clients with practical, meticulous, and thoughtful guidance, working diligently to achieve client goals and ensure transactions move seamlessly from kick-off through closing.

Lauren represents private and institutional investors, including publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), in single-asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, financing and leasing matters for a variety of asset types, including retail shopping centers, industrial properties, offices, multi-family facilities, and mixed-use projects.

Lauren’s practice also includes representing institutional lenders in secured loan transactions. She has experience with conducting real estate due diligence, preparing conveyance and closing documents, and drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, loan documents, and lease agreements.

Prior to joining BFKN, Lauren was a real estate associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she represented clients in commercial real estate transactions and advised clients with respect to real estate aspects of complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and restructuring matters.