About Lester Bliwise

Real estate clients often require sophisticated analysis and structuring of transactions to accomplish their investment objectives. This is often combined with the need to quickly and thoroughly complete property due diligence, and document and negotiate the deal to a successful conclusion. Les has extensive experience in acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture investments, conventional and capital market mortgage lending, and debt restructurings and workouts. His practice is national in scope and encompasses all property types, including office, retail, industrial, apartment, and hotel properties.

As co-relationship partner of one of the largest real estate clients of the firm, Les leads legal teams of various sizes in handling transactions ranging from basic property sales to multistate, multiproperty joint venture investments with related acquisitions and financings, as well as interfacing with clients and ensuring that all matters, large and small, are being handled properly by the firm.

During his years of real estate investment and financing experience, Les has worked in many financial environments and markets, and handled many types of transactions for a wide variety of clients—all with their own needs and across numerous asset classes. Les also has experience in real estate transactions throughout the US. Working on so many of these national deals, paired with his activities in national organizations, means that Les has contacts throughout the country.

Les greatly appreciates the opportunity to put together and lead a team of outstanding attorneys in structuring, negotiating, documenting, and completing large complex transactions that often involve cross-office, cross-departmental partnerships with his highly talented Seyfarth colleagues.