Stone | Dean represents a wide range of businesses and professionals active in the real estate industry—including developers, investors, commercial brokers, property management companies (local and national), promoters, and contractors. Whether negotiating high-value transactions or navigating complex disputes, we provide strategic legal support grounded in real-world real estate experience.
Our attorneys assist with the full spectrum of real estate matters, excluding land use and entitlement, and are regularly called upon to draft and negotiate joint venture agreements, purchase and sale agreements, lease and management contracts, promoter and option agreements, assignments, and more. We also serve as national litigation coordinators for clients with multi-jurisdictional portfolios and disputes.
Trusted Counsel for Real Estate Professionals & Business Owners
While we serve career real estate professionals, we also support business clients across industries with their everyday real estate needs. These often include:
- Commercial lease negotiation and enforcement
- Build-to-suit agreements
- Unlawful detainer (eviction) proceedings
- Shared property line and easement disputes
- Quiet title actions and noise ordinance violations
- Enforcement of exclusivity provisions in retail leases
We tailor our approach to fit each client’s goals—whether transactional or litigation-focused—while minimizing risk and disruption.
Real Estate Legal Services
Our team handles a broad range of real estate-related legal matters, including:
- Acquisitions & Dispositions
- Commercial, Office & Industrial Lease Review and Negotiation
- Contract Drafting & Litigation
- Due Diligence Review
- Easement & Boundary Disputes
- Entity Formation, Structure & Dissolution
- Enforcement of Lease Provisions (e.g., Exclusivity Clauses)
- Joint Ventures & Investment Agreements
- Options & Assignments
- Quiet Title Actions
- Risk Management & Litigation Strategy
- Unlawful Detainer / Evictions.
