Lin Pang
Maryland
DLA Piper LLP
The Marbury Building
6225 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
Tel: +1 410 580 4490
Email:
lin.pang@dlapiper.com
Web:
www.dlapiper.com
Lin Pang represents local, regional and national businesses, real estate ventures, Proptech firms, owners, purchasers, lenders and developers in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, construction, financing and development projects.
Lin works with developers, owners and operators of multi-family, hotel and office projects. She regularly represents banks, owners, developers and investors in structuring and negotiating major real estate and finance transactions, including structuring and closing acquisitions, sales and financings of office, industrial, retail and multi-family projects. Lin has drafted and negotiated leases and space leases for medical office, warehouse, industrial, retail, restaurant, general office and data centers.
In addition to her commercial real estate practice, Lin has worked with various technology companies, individual entrepreneurs, early stage, and venture-backed investors on electronic commerce and internet law matters, incubation strategies, asset-based tokenization, the use of distributed ledger or Blockchain-enabled means for businesses, real estate tokenization and PropTech transactions.
Lin has been recognized by Chambers USA, Maryland Real Estate. According to Chambers USA, Lin has a growing practice, regularly assisting with acquisitions and dispositions, development matters and leasing negotiations concerning commercial real estate.
Lin is the chair of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Real Property Section’s Technology Committee, and serves on MSBA’s Real Property Section Council, which is the governing arm of MSBA’s Real Property Section.
Leasing:
- A global biopharmaceutical company in the lease negotiation for its research and development laboratory space in California
- A carrier company in the lease negotiation for the office and warehouse space in Maryland
- A multi-national biotech company in the lease negotiation for 80,000 rentable square feet of space for its warehouse and manufacturing use, including logistics, production and laboratory in Virginia
- A global technology company in connection with its US headquarter office lease in Virginia
- A regional real estate investment and management company in leasing work and development work for a 510,000 square foot shopping center located in South Carolina
- A publicly traded company in the lease review of its convenience store chain acquisition.
- A food hall development and management company in lease drafting and negotiation for its restaurants in Washington DC and Tennessee
- An artificial intelligence company in the lease negotiation of its office space in Pennsylvania
- A global data intelligence company in the lease negotiation for its office space in Washington DC
- A global energy technologies public company in the lease negotiations and other leasing matters for its warehouses and storage centers in multi-states.
Financing:
- A life insurance company in a US$40 million construction/permanent loan for a mixed-use apartment and retail project in Maryland
- A national bank as co-lender in a US$90 million construction loan for a complex mixed-use retail, apartment, condominium and structured parking project in Maryland
- A national bank in a US$107 million construction loan for a multifamily apartment project in Maryland
- A national bank in a loan exceeding US$50 million for a complex development in Virginia involving a ground lease with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Three co-lenders in a mortgage loan exceeding US$500 million for a retail/office building in New York City
Education:
- J.D., University of Maryland School of Law
- M.S., University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Law, Fudan University, magna cum laude
Admissions:
- American Bar Association
- Maryland Bar Association
Associations:
- Committee Member, DLA Piper’s Baltimore Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Real Property Council Member – Maryland Bar Association
- Advanced Real Property Institute presenter and program member – Maryland Bar Association
Real estate is a core area at DLA Piper. Our real estate team is trusted by many of the world’s leading institutional investors, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment advisors, fund sponsors, public and private REITs, real estate developers, lenders, and national and multinational companies to handle their most important real estate matters.
What we offer is simple: a deep, integrated team that understands your business and can handle all of your real estate related needs effectively and efficiently anywhere in the world. No other law firm can match our combination of real estate experience, modern industry insights and global footprint.
We handle all types of real estate and real estate-related matters, from multibillion-USD portfolio and M&A transactions to the acquisition, financing, joint venture formation, leasing and sale of individual properties. We also handle construction and design, planning/zoning and development, land use and related matters.
We have significant experience with cross-border and portfolio transactions. Our real estate sector team includes other experienced lawyers in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, fund formation, finance, tax, employment and employee benefits, litigation, data privacy, intellectual property, restructuring, regulatory and environmental. We work seamlessly across practice groups to provide high-value services to clients across all segments of the commercial real estate industry.
A large percentage of our largest real estate clients have been clients for multiple decades. We believe that a successful client-lawyer relationship involves more than just the execution of individual transactions; rather, we create and nurture long-term partnerships with our clients in which we anticipate challenges – and opportunities – that may be on the horizon, and work with our clients to navigate the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities.
Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology.
“Lin Pang has a growing practice, regularly handling with acquisitions and dispositions, development matters and leasing negotiations concerning commercial real estate.”