Full-Service Law Firm solving complex challenges through bold thinking, precise execution, and shared purpose.

Full Service Law Firm | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Specializing in the Intersection of Business &amp; Government

Meet our team of trusted advisors, strategic thinkers, and community builders dedicated to client success.

Learn about our full-service legal and business solutions, designed to address complex challenges for leading organizations across industries.

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Discover how partnership, bold thinking, and precise execution drive results for clients nationwide.

Explore how our national reach and local expertise support clients across the United States and beyond.

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Developing and financing complex projects demands cross‑disciplinary legal knowledge and industry insight. Michael Best’s Real Estate team partners with clients, consultants, capital providers, and end users as an integrated project team, drawing on the skills of lawyers across our firm to bring sophisticated projects from concept to completion.

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Our Approach: Collaborative, Full‑Lifecycle Guidance

We collaborate with you to plan, structure, and deliver single‑ and mixed‑use developments nationwide. Our team understands the distinct considerations of each asset class and will guide you through every phase of the development lifecycle from land acquisition and zoning through financing, design and construction, build‑out, and ultimately leasing or disposition. We represent owners, tenants, developers, contractors, brokers, and lenders, and we counsel institutional investors, including pension funds, private equity sponsors, and insurers, on financing strategies such as fund formation, REITs, loan syndications, and bond financings.

We support projects across hospitality, sports and entertainment, retail, residential, office, industrial, education, agribusiness, medical, energy, and infrastructure. Our experience spans a broad array of financing tools and structures including:

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Tax increment financing, tax credits, and tax credit syndications

Complex leasing arrangements such as ground leases, build‑to‑suit leases, space and subleases, sale‑leasebacks, and synthetic leases.

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We also advise on purchase options, rights of first refusal, and forward commitment contracts to optimize project economics and execution.

Architectural blueprints and rolled construction plans showing detailed site layouts and building lot designs.

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Key Contact

Trending Conversations for Project Development

Expect the rights of gun owners to be the subject of major decisions in 2026.

Wait, what? Fannie Mae changed the rules on Non-Profit owner/developer’s giving Community seconds?

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