Paul Meyer is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Real Estate group, is one of the co-chairs of the Real Estate group’s cross border practice and former head of the Chicago Real Estate practice. In his more than 30 years of practice, Paul has obtained substantial experience in virtually every aspect of the real estate industry.
Paul’s widely diversified practice includes the representation of real estate investors and developers in all types of domestic and international equity and debt real estate transactions, including complex tax structured joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and financing involving office buildings, apartment complexes, retail centers, industrial and logistics facilities, hotels, storage facilities, condominiums, medical office buildings and assisted-living facilities as well as senior loans, construction loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments.
In recent years his practice has focused on cross border investments that utilize complex tax structures. Paul’s clients include US and non-US insurance companies, US and non-US fund sponsors, pension funds advisors, REITs, institutional investors, developers, asset managers and other capital providers.
Paul is consistently recognized as a leading real estate lawyer and has been ranked in Chambers USA from 2008-2018. Clients describe him as “extremely thoughtful” and a “really sharp lawyer” and commend his “extraordinary technical skills and knowledge” and praise him for being a “very sophisticated lawyer” who is “focused on protecting the client” and being “a consummate professional” that “never loses his cool” and that “can really handle the most complex of transactions and do it quickly and efficiently.” Paul is also ranked in other peer review publications, including “The Best Lawyers in America” in the area of Real Estate Law, “Leading Lawyers” and “Super Lawyers”.
Education :
- Creighton University, BA, magna cum laude
- University of Notre Dame Law School, JD, cum laude
Admissions : Illinois
Activities :
- Board Member, The Founders’ Board of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Building Owners and Managers Association
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