DLA Piper LLP (US)

Real Estate; Corporate; Finance

Partner; Co-Vice Chair, US Real Estate Practice

Barbara Trachtenberg is a trusted advisor to real estate investors, providing practical, business-oriented solutions in all aspects of real estate transactions.

Barbara's clients include developers, institutional investors, REITs, pension funds and investment advisors who invest in diverse asset classes including office, multi-family properties, retail, industrial, self-storage and data centers, many of whom invest through joint venture transactions.

Her experience includes representing buyers and sellers of CBD office towers, hotels, office buildings, multifamily properties, mixed use projects, data centers and life science assets; representing institutional investors and developer partners in joint venture acquisition, development and financing transactions; structuring transactions for long-term holds, including through ground lease and similar transactions; representing borrowers and institutional lenders in primary, secondary and mezzanine lending for all asset types; and representing landlords and tenants in leasing transactions of office, data center, retail, industrial and laboratory space.

As a Co-Vice Chair of the US real estate practice, Barbara is part of the group's management team and co-chairs the DLA Piper Global Real Estate Summit and DLA Piper Real Estate State of the Market Survey. She also manages the DLA Piper semi-annual Trends Reports.

Law360's 2021 Real Estate Editorial Board; Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

J.D., Boston College Law School; B.A., Molloy College