Practice Expertise

  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Health & Life Sciences

Areas of Practice

  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Health & Life Sciences
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Land Use, Zoning and Development
  • Leasing
  • Long-Term Care and Senior Housing
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Development
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
  • View More

Profile

Customized and thoughtful real estate counsel for institutional investors

Derek Neathery is a real estate attorney who advises real estate investment trusts, insurance companies, pension funds, private equity investors and others in the areas of:

  • Acquisitions and dispositions, including portfolio and multi-state transactions
  • Joint ventures
  • Development
  • Leasing
  • Asset management

Derek excels at problem solving for transactions, bringing an even-tempered, strategic mindset to negotiations with opposing parties and providing practical, results-oriented advice to clients. Clients appreciate Derek’s full-service approach, tailoring legal solutions to both their current needs and their long-term business goals.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Wisconsin

Education

  • Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Certificate, Quarles & Brady Leadership Program (2016)
  • University of Michigan (B.A., 2001)
    • University Honors
  • University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005)
    • Order of the Coif

Areas of Practice

  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Health & Life Sciences
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Land Use, Zoning and Development
  • Leasing
  • Long-Term Care and Senior Housing
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Development
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

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