

Real estate support for M&A counsel
Real Estate Support for M&A Counsel
Senior commercial real estate support for boutique M&A firms, corporate counsel, and deal
teams handling transactions with leased locations, owned facilities, landlord consents, title and survey issues,
and real estate portfolio integration.
Real Estate Can Become Its Own Deal Workstream
Boutique M&A firms and solo corporate lawyers often handle sophisticated transactions with lean teams, direct
partner attention, and practical deal judgment. Many are former large-firm corporate lawyers who know how to
run a transaction, manage disclosure schedules, negotiate purchase agreements, coordinate diligence, and move a deal toward closing.
But when a transaction includes leased locations, owned facilities, landlord consents, title and survey issues,
environmental coordination, or post-closing real estate integration, real estate can become its own workstream.
That does not mean the deal is a real estate transaction. In many lower-middle-market and operating-company
acquisitions, the transaction is driven by revenue, customers, contracts, employees, products, equipment, market expansion, or strategic fit. The target just happens to operate somewhere. But that “somewhere” may involve warehouses, yards, manufacturing facilities, branches, offices, distribution centers, storage sites, or owned real estate that matters to business continuity.
Troutman Law helps deal counsel manage that workstream without taking over, slowing down, or competing for
the corporate transaction.
Representative Support
Troutman Law can support boutique M&A counsel and deal teams with:
commercial lease review and abstracting;
assignment, subletting, affiliate-transfer, and change-of-control analysis;
landlord consent and notice review;
coordination of landlord consents and related lease documents where appropriate;
owned real estate diligence;
title commitment, survey, easement, and access review;
real estate schedule, representation, covenant, and closing-deliverable support;
coordination with title companies, surveyors, brokers, environmental consultants, local counsel, and real
estate managers;
mission-critical facility prioritization; and
post-closing real estate integration support.


