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Real Estate Law

Our Real Estate Practice Area

Harris Sliwoski is your representation for complex, high-stakes legal issues, including those involving real estate. Our firm helps midsize companies with commercial real estate, working toward a favorable outcome. Our team of legal experts assists clients worldwide with everything from transaction support to dispute resolution.

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Why Trust Our Real Estate Law Firm?

Our firm has over two decades of experience. Throughout our time in service, we have built strong relationships with many clients. Some of our representation spans decades, and our clients rely on us for a wide range of legal matters. Our team includes many qualified real estate attorneys. Dan Harris, one of our partners, has previously handled various real estate issues involving foreign investment and cross-border property disputes. 

In addition to our expertise, we provide dedicated care for each client we serve. Past clients have praised us for our clear communication, practical advice and the results we’ve achieved for them. We’re available whenever you need us. We listen to your situation and build tailored approaches for your unique legal challenges.

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The Areas and Clients We Serve

We maintain a global presence through offices in many countries:

  • United States
  • Spain
  • Mexico
  • Portugal
  • Australia

These offices give you convenient access to legal representation, with knowledge of varying national laws. We work with a wide variety of clients, from startups and entrepreneurs to national and international companies. 

Our Strategic Real Estate Law Services

Come to us with all your complex legal matters. Our commercial real estate lawyers can help. 

Transactions and Leasing

We can assist with situations such as transaction support for purchase or sale agreements. Our real estate transaction attorneys provide the thorough due diligence needed for high-risk properties. We can structure various transactions and develop the necessary paperwork. Our firm also delivers leasing management services, including drafting and negotiating agreements for high-value properties. We can even handle portfolios that include multiple properties across international borders. 

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Development, Zoning and Disputes

Before you build on a property, seek help with legal matters dealing with development, land use and zoning. We can support those facing regulatory and compliance challenges, bringing an in-depth knowledge of state, federal and international regulations. If you’re facing disputes or litigation, we can assist, even in high-stakes situations. Our support covers situations like partnership breakups, boundary disputes and title defects. 

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Finance and Compliance

We can negotiate traditional and alternative financial structures or provide legal advice for real estate transactions, such as syndications and joint ventures. We can also help with legal compliance. When operating across borders, you often encounter changing regulations. Our legal experts can keep you up to date with relevant real estate laws to maintain compliance. This support enables you to manage your risks more effectively.

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Discuss Your Legal Matter With Us

Get in touch with us online to discuss our real estate legal services. Once you contact us, we can provide additional information and guidance regarding the next steps. We’re a reliable legal representative, and our team works hard to achieve favorable results for your business.

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Our Clients' Successes

“Harris Sliwoski expertly guided us through the formation of our company. They continue to assist with necessary registrations and compliance with numerous regulations. They were able to promptly answer all our many questions and provide understandable options, explanations and practical advice. We expect to continue to use Harris Sliwoski on a regular basis as our company expands. They were also able to introduce us other professional experts. We would not hesitate to recommend Harris Sliwoski to any companies in need of legal advice.”

user icon Three Continents Foods LLC

This law firm was a huge help as our company went through the process of commercial licensing in the California cannabis industry.  They have helped us with a variety of legal issues in a timely fashion, while clearly communicating with us throughout the process.  Everyone we’ve worked with at Harris Sliwoski is an expert in their field and we have always felt that we were in good hands through our legal representation.

user icon Wil Crummer, CEO PRO Farms

Legal stuff is always scary. And I’ve had to play offense a couple times, begrudgingly. To have Harris Sliwoski have my back? It made things a lot less prickly. They quickly walked me through my options, and were refreshingly consistent in their communications, timing and billing. I’ve been lucky to stay out of the legal side of things my whole career, thankfully. When things went a little wrong, Harris Sliwoski quickly made things right.

user icon Aaron Draplin, Founder Draplin Design Co.

I am impressed with this law firm. They answered all my questions regarding cannabis businesses and the California cannabis framework, and they have helped me with a variety of legal issues in a timely fashion, while always clearly communicating with us throughout the process. They also redirected me to other quality people for my business needs. Everyone I worked with at Harris Sliwoski is an expert in their field, and I was in good hands throughout my legal representation.

user icon Corey T., CEO Thinc Cubed, LLC

I have been working with the lawyers at Harris Sliwoski for more than 20 years both as a business owner and as an executive at a large east-coast health system and that is because they have always efficiently provided high level and clear international law advice. Most recently, Harris Sliwoski provided legal support on many matters related to procuring medical products worldwide. Their support was particularly helpful to during the onset of COVID, when there was a big need for securing PPE quickly, all while navigating complicated international and domestic legal requirements. Harris Sliwoski’s team of international lawyers helped by conducting rapid-fire due diligence on potential suppliers, navigating the legal logistics for getting product from overseas and through U.S. customs, and drafting contracts to protect against various sorts of horribles. They did this by essentially providing what amounted to 24/7 service. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

user icon Dan Pak Hospital Supply Chain Executive

Harris Sliwoski has represented our company in the legal cannabis industry for years. Harris Sliwoski has advised us in a wide variety of legal matters, and they are truly experts in their field. I would highly recommend Harris Sliwoski to anyone with questions about cannabis law, or any legal matters. They have been great for our Company, and will continue to guide us as our industry evolves

user icon Matt Hurt, COO Cannabis Nation

You won’t find a better partner than Harris Sliwoski when trying to navigate the complex world of healthcare regulations.  They not only give sound and reliable legal advice, but they are also very responsive and are able to guide you in a way that helps you reach your business objectives as well.

user icon Joseph Axelrod, General Counsel Irwin Naturals

When we started the process of building a ‘seed to sale’ cannabis company in Oregon, we saw the need for expert legal counsel.  The cannabis sector is fraught with potential peril at every turn, and we wanted the best legal advice we could find.  After talking to several firms and individuals, we feel extremely fortunate to have chosen Harris Sliwoski as our legal counsel.

user icon Tony Theiss, CEO and Co-Founder Redbarn Cannabis 

We use Harris Sliwoski on all our international legal matters, including on our international litigation matters. We have over the last few years been involved in a couple big international legal disputes and Harris Sliwoski’s international dispute resolution team provided us with expert legal assistance on both matters. They were always very careful to explain to us what they were doing and why and what their actions would likely cost us in legal fees. Most importantly, we did extremely well on both cases and I have no doubt Harris Sliwoski was a big factor in that.

user icon Kevin English, CEO We Are Camp

We have used Harris Sliwoski for legal help related to our international manufacturing. The lawyers with whom I worked had extensive familiarity with the international legal issues involved in our various projects and offered us key insights. I particularly appreciated how they always quickly and efficiently do what they say they will do and always within their cost estimates.

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