Real Estate

Valerie Kelly, a real estate partner, represents prominent private and public commercial real estate investors and developers, office and retail tenants, investment funds, banks and other financial institutions in a broad range of real estate transactions. She advises her clients on all aspects of commercial real estate with a particular emphasis on large commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. Ms. Kelly also has worked extensively on acquisitions and dispositions of office buildings, apartment complexes and hotels, as well as joint ventures and real estate lending.

Ms. Kelly joined the Firm in 2007 and became partner in 2017.

Ms. Kelly received her JD from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was a Tony Patino Fellow and a Hinton Moot Court Semi-Finalist. She received her BA from the University of Florida, magna cum laude, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society.