Experience

• Energy Services Agreements
  Schiff Hardin represented the developer and owner of a $4 billion dollar mixed use development in connection with the litigation or settlement of its energy services agreement and related financing agreements.
  


• Bankruptcy Sale-Leaseback
  Schiff Hardin represented the owner participant in the sale-leaseback of retail stores located in 15 states when the tenant's bankruptcy filing resulted in the rejection of 10 of the leases.
  


• Lender Liability
  Schiff Hardin represented a private bridge lender in connection with the foreclosure of a mortgage on Chicago real estate.
  


• Lead Exposure
  A New York City trial court threw out claims of lead paint injury against Schiff Hardin's client, accepting our attorneys' arguments that there was no showing of injury to the plaintiff.
  


• Mortgage Lender Restructuring
  Schiff Hardin represented a national mortgage lender and its affiliates in the restructuring more than $1 billion of repurchase obligations, secured indebtedness and the underlying business.
  


• Brownfields Redevelopment
  Schiff Hardin was hired by a real estate developer as special environmental counsel for a Brownfields redevelopment project that transformed an illegal dump on the southwest side of Chicago into an industrial park.
  


• CenterPoint Properties Trust
  Schiff Hardin represented CenterPoint Properties Trust in two cases that not only recovered millions of dollars of rent, but yielded recoveries in excess of that paid to other unsecured creditors and made new law favorable to commercial landlords.
  


• Conseco Finance Corp.
  Schiff Hardin represented the purchaser of residential mortgages in an appraisal/originator fraud ring in its litigation against the perpetrators of the fraud.
  


• Mechanics Liens
  Schiff Hardin represented a ground lessor in obtaining indemnification by way of title insurance endorsements over mechanics' lien claims in the bankruptcy of a contractor engaged by a ground lessee.
  


• Ground Lease Development
  Schiff Hardin represented the ground lessor of a large tract of land in terminating an unsubordinated ground lease and then negotiating with the leasehold mortgagee.
  


• Multi-use Property
  Schiff Hardin represented a lender in connection with the workout of a loan for a multi-use property.
  


• Athletic Club
  Schiff Hardin represented a real estate investment fund in the purchase of the upper floors of a private athletic club building as part of the bankruptcy reorganization of the club.
  


• Multi-property Workout
  Schiff Hardin represented a sponsor in connection with a multi-property workout involving a deed in lieu of foreclosure to the lender of a large mixed-use project.
  


• Ground Lessee Indemnification
  Schiff Hardin represented a ground lessee in connection with obtaining indemnification for the ground lessee and its leasehold mortgagee.
  


• Environmental Regulation
  Schiff Hardin represented a senior housing developer regarding a project that had stalled because of environmental conditions, threatening the economic success of the project.
  


• Merlone Geier
  A team of attorneys from several Schiff Hardin offices completed the formation of a $350 million discretionary real estate investment fund comprised of large institutional investors, private trusts and individuals.
  


• Emaar Properties
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented Emaar Properties, a Dubai-based developer, in closing its first U.S. acquisition — WL Homes LLC, one of America's largest privately-held house builders — for $1.05 billion.
  


• Asbestos Investigation
  Schiff Hardin assisted the owner of a residential apartment building in successfully responding to an order by state officials to stop renovation work and evacuate the building due to an alleged asbestos release.
  


• CenterPoint - Ha-Lo
  Schiff Hardin represented CenterPoint Properties, the developer and lessor of the headquarters of a debtor, in a case that resulted in new law regarding proration of rent.