Lauren A. Beetle
New Jersey
Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP
6000 Sagemore Drive
Suite 6301
Marlton, NJ 08053-3900
Tel: 856.355.2913
Email:
beetle@hylandlevin.com
Web:
www.hylandlevin.com
Lauren Beetle is a Partner with the New Jersey based law firm Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate and business law.
Lauren’s real estate practice focuses on development, redevelopment, leasing and loan transactions. In particular, Lauren regularly represents private equity investors, apartment building owners and retail and industrial developers in acquisitions, sales and financings, and has significant experience handling Freddie Mac debt for multifamily projects. She also represents landlords and tenants in leasing matters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Lauren is a member of the Real Property Section of the American Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association. She has written and co-authored articles on a variety of legal issues related to commercial real estate, leasing and business transactions. In 2013, Lauren was distinguished as a “New Leader of the Bar” by the New Jersey Law Journal.
Lauren graduated valedictorian of her class from Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000), and is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law-Camden (J.D., with high honors, 2003), where she was a notes and case notes editor for the Rutgers Law Journal. While in college, she interned with the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Prior to joining Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP, Lauren practiced law in the Real Estate Department at Ballard Spahr. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Representative Matters:
- Handled a $315 million refinancing of six apartment buildings located in the mid-Atlantic region with Freddie Mac debt on a 30-day timetable
- Represented a REIT in connection with a $109 million refinancing of two apartment complexes in Virginia
- Represented a multi-family investor in the acquisition of a $90 million apartment property in New Jersey
- Assisted with a $168 million acquisition by a private real estate fund of an apartment complex in Maryland from sellers in bankruptcy and a controlling lender
- Serve as outside US real estate counsel to an international food manufacturer in connection with its real estate, leasing and construction needs
- Represented a national franchise restaurant chain in connection with the transfer and disposition of liquor licenses in New Jersey
- Represented the owner of a historic hotel located in Lambertville, New Jersey in the sale of its hotel business, real estate, liquor license and other assets
Hyland Levin Shapiro’s Real Estate group assists local, regional and national developers, owners and investors in all stages of the development process, from land acquisition through permanent financing.
The firm regularly drafts and negotiates:
- Acquisition and sale agreements
- Option agreements
- Easements, declarations and developer agreements
- Construction documentation
- Closing documentation
The team has experience handling transactions involving vacant land, residential, healthcare, office, hotel, special purpose, industrial, shopping center, retail and multi-family properties, of all sizes, in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and nationwide.
They also have extensive experience representing both borrowers and lenders in a variety of financing transactions, including:
- Acquisition
- Refinancing
- Restructuring
- Construction
- Mezzanine financings
Members of the Real Estate transactional group also work with attorneys in the firm’s Succession Planning, Trusts and Estates group, as well as the Litigation group, to provide clients with coordinated, business-minded legal advice and practical solutions.
Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP is a leading multi-practice firm with attorneys who have decades of experience in the region. The firm’s practice areas include business and transactions, real estate, environmental law, zoning and land use, franchise and licensing, food and beverage industry matters, general and commercial litigation, community associations, employment, business planning and tax, trusts and estates, leasing, eminent domain and real property taxation.
Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP was founded in 2009 by a group of 11 attorneys who made the collective commitment to focus exclusively on the practice of law, without being distracted by a lot of red tape often associated with large law firm practice. Most of the firm’s attorneys have worked for larger firms, and clients include some of the area’s biggest businesses and institutions. Hyland Levin Shapiro’s size allows the firm to be more flexible with billing arrangements and rates and more responsive with clients.
The core strengths of Hyland Levin Shapiro lie in the experience, reputation, relationships, work ethic and character of the firm’s attorneys and staff. Each and every person believes in the philosophy that the client comes first and swift, effective, results-driven service is more than a goal. It’s a standard of practice.