Focus Area
Real Estate Joint Ventures & Equity Investments
Goulston & Storrs’ Real Estate Joint Ventures & Equity Investments Group provides sophisticated, full-service legal counsel to investors, developers, and business owners across all asset classes. We structure, negotiate, and manage complex joint ventures and equity investments, combining deep real estate, tax, finance, and regulatory expertise to maximize returns while mitigating risk.
Our team advises a diverse range of clients—including institutional investors, private equity funds, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, developers, REITs, and property operators—on every aspect of real estate joint ventures and equity investments. We handle single-property and portfolio acquisitions, cross-border investment structures, complex debt transactions, recapitalizations, and programmatic joint venture arrangements. By integrating our corporate, capital markets, tax, environmental, finance, and real estate expertise, we ensure each transaction is structured to achieve optimal financial, operational, and tax outcomes.
We understand the nuanced relationships between all parties in a joint venture or equity investment—owners, sponsors, operators, lenders, and investors—and advise on governance, operational management, risk allocation, and dispute resolution. Our lawyers bring hands-on experience navigating regulatory frameworks and urban markets, including Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., while leveraging a nationwide network of consultants, local counsel, and industry contacts. Across every project, our client-centered approach emphasizes responsiveness, lean staffing, and deal-oriented solutions, helping clients act decisively while capturing opportunities and resolving challenges efficiently.
Comprehensive Transaction Expertise
We guide clients through every stage of a joint venture or equity investment, providing seamless legal support from formation and structuring to financing, governance, and exit strategies. Our services include:
- Complex financing and debt structuring
- Fund formation, including REITs and REOCs
- Tax-efficient structuring and incentive optimization
- Partner governance, disputes, and operational oversight
- Risk management and insurance strategy
- Restructurings, recapitalizations, and private placements
Diverse Project Experience
Our attorneys have advised on projects across nearly every asset class and sector, including:
- Ground-up developments and multi-parcel projects
- Mixed-use, office, and industrial properties
- Multifamily and affordable housing
- Life sciences and laboratory facilities
- Retail centers and convention/cultural venues
- Hospitality, recreation, and technology facilities
Client-Centric Service
- Clients value our ability to integrate multi-disciplinary expertise while maintaining close collaboration and senior-level attention on every matter. From domestic to international investments, our team is recognized for structuring creative, risk-aware deals that optimize performance and meet both business and financial objectives.
Expertise
Key Contacts
Adam T. Curry
Director, Boston
acurry@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4031
Jason E. Dunn
Director, Boston
jdunn@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3560
Megan Watts
Director, Boston
mwatts@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 6563