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Seth R. Berliner

Partner

Seth Berliner is a partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Group. Seth represents clients in all stages of the lifecycle of commercial real estate, including acquisition, financing, development, leasing, and disposition, and is expert in title and survey matters. Seth’s experience includes office, multifamily, retail, hospitality, industrial, and energy properties.

Prior to joining the firm, Seth was an associate in the real estate practices at WilmerHale in Boston and Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, and also practiced at a boutique real estate firm in Chicago. Prior to law school, Seth worked in local government and politics in Chicago and New York City.

  • Represented a global private equity firm in its $2.2 billion sale of a portfolio of 140+ industrial properties
  • Represented a development company in its leasing of an 830,000 square foot Boston-area warehouse to Amazon, Inc., and subsequent $355 million sale to a major real estate investment company
  • Represented development company in $160 million construction financing of southwest Florida condominium development
  • Represented multinational equity investor in joint venture acquisition and $133 million construction financing of three parcels in downtown Nashville for development of a multi-family asset
  • Represented leading Chicago REIT in combination loan assumption, receivership termination, and joint venture in connection with $12 million acquisition of an Oregon mobile home park

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Admitted

State of Illinois

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D. (Vice-President and Treasurer, Harvard Law Review)
  • Columbia University, B.A.