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Sophia B. Popovic

Sophia Popovic is a partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Group, where she counsels clients on the acquisition, disposition, financing, management, operation, development, and leasing of commercial real estate nationwide, with a particular focus on hotel and hospitality matters. She represents owners, operators, lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, developers, investors, managers, landlords, and tenants at every stage of a transaction, from term sheet through closing.

Before joining the Firm, Sophia served as an in-house attorney to an international hotel management corporation, advising its business stakeholders and legal teams on hotel management, ownership, development, financing, credit support, transitions, conversions, operations, and food and beverage matters. Drawing on this in-house experience, she understands firsthand the pressures and risks her clients face and tailors her counsel to their business goals.

Earlier in her career, Sophia practiced as a real estate associate in the Chicago offices of Latham & Watkins LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

Sophia earned her J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, where she served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review. She earned dual B.A. degrees in Journalism and Political Science, summa cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago.