Corey E. Light > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
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CHICAGO, IL 60601
ILLINOIS
United States
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Corey E. Light
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Co-Chair of Global Real Estate Practice
Career
Corey E. Light is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Real Estate Practice. With 30 years of domestic and international experience, Corey focuses his practice on real estate transactions and development. Representing major retailers, property owners, developers and lenders, Corey regularly handles all aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions including joint ventures, financings, and the acquisition and disposition of commercial property. Additionally, Corey has been involved in the representation of major retail developers in a number of large retail bankruptcies and in the related acquisition and disposition of large portfolios of retail properties.
Concentrations
Real estate transactions and development
Capabilities
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Real Estate Funds
Real Estate Finance
Admission to Practice
Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1982
- B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Project finance
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense