DLA Piper LLP (US)

Real Estate

Partner; Location Head, Boston Real Estate Practice

Cara Nelson has broad experience providing advice to commercial real estate investors and developers, real estate funds, investment advisors and pension plans in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States.

Cara’s clients invest in diverse asset classes, including multi-family, office, industrial, senior housing and retail properties, often through joint venture arrangements.  Her experience includes representing buyers, sellers and borrowers of multi-family and senior housing assets, office towers, development parcels, industrial  properties and retail centers.  Cara’s experience ranges from transactions involving single assets as well as large portfolios.

past president of CREW Boston;  serves on the Board of Directors of Heading Home, Inc.

J.D., Boston University School of Law; B.A., Brandeis University