Abby Flanagan

Abigail M. Flanagan is a real estate attorney in Holland & Knight's Chicago office. Ms. Flanagan represents purchasers and sellers of commercial properties on development projects, assemblages, and portfolio sales and acquisitions. She negotiates purchase and sale agreements, manages due diligence review teams, addresses title and survey-related issues, and negotiates loan and private equity investor-related documentation. She also orchestrates closing logistics.

Ms. Flanagan's borrower-side financing practice includes the representation of clients in connection with financing the acquisition of real property and the construction of improvements, as well as the refinancing of existing developments. Her practice also extends to development, where she negotiates easement agreements, restrictive covenants and declarations.

In the area of real estate leasing, Ms. Flanagan negotiates leases and lease amendments on behalf of landlords and tenants for general office, warehouse, retail, medical, industrial and manufacturing facilities, as well as ancillary lease documentation, including subordination, nondisturbance, attornment agreements, landlord waivers and lease guaranties.

Her experience also includes lender-side financing, where she has represented a variety of banks, finance companies and institutional lenders in documenting, negotiating and performing due diligence for loans secured by a variety of collateral, including shopping malls, apartment buildings, restaurants and entertainment complexes, hotels and office projects.

Ms. Flanagan also has experience providing real estate assistance in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, including providing real estate-related comments to stock or asset purchase agreements and disclosure schedules, in addition to reviewing real estate due diligence for owned and leased properties.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Flanagan worked for a multinational law firm in its Chicago office.