Clients
Trusted by Leading Brands
& Sophisticated Investors
From national restaurant chains opening dozens of locations to investment funds closing nine-figure acquisitions.
Blackacre LLP delivers sophisticated real estate counsel to its clients — for purchase and sale, financing and leasing transactions — with the cost certainty of a fixed-fee billing model. We're real estate lawyers with big firm experience, but without the big firm costs. No billable hour surprises. We deliver predictability, transparency and accountability instead.
We quote a fixed fee for every engagement. No hourly billing. No surprise invoices at closing. You know exactly what you'll pay from day one.
We begin every engagement by understanding the transaction — its complexity, timeline, and your goals. We then provide a fixed fee quote before any work begins. If the scope changes, we discuss it with you first. No ambiguity, no "we'll see when the bill comes."
Having closed billions in transactions across every major asset class, we know exactly what each deal requires — and what it should cost. Our fixed fees aren't guesses. They're the product of decades of experience in competitive markets.
| Traditional | Blackacre | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost predictability | ✕ | ✓ |
| Budget certainty | ✕ | ✓ |
| Aligned incentives | ✕ | ✓ |
| Senior-level attention | Revenue Dependent | ✓ |
| Proactive updates | Revenue Dependent | ✓ |
| Scope clarity upfront | ✕ | ✓ |
We don't dabble. Every attorney at Blackacre practices transactional real estate law, every day.
Purchase and sale of commercial properties across all asset classes — retail, office, industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use — for funds, developers, family offices, and individual investors.
Hundreds of retail and restaurant leases negotiated nationwide. We represent national and regional tenants in ground-up build-to-suits, second generation spaces, and everything in between.
Representing borrowers and lenders on acquisition loans, construction financing, refinancing, mezzanine debt, and preferred equity transactions across commercial real estate.
Advising real estate brokerages on listing agreements, commission disputes, team agreements, regulatory compliance, and the day-to-day legal needs of operating a brokerage.
Management agreements, vendor contracts, tenant disputes, and operational legal matters for property managers overseeing commercial and residential portfolios.
Structuring and advising real estate investment funds, trusts, syndications, and joint ventures for sponsors, syndicators, and institutional investors.
From national restaurant chains opening dozens of locations to investment funds closing nine-figure acquisitions.
Every Blackacre attorney brings years of high-level transactional experience from leading firms and in-house roles.
Dan has almost two decades of experience representing clients on a wide variety of real estate matters, including commercial leases, acquisitions, dispositions, financing and brokerage matters. His leasing practice focuses on the representation of national and regional restaurants and retailers, where he has established himself as one of the leading practitioners in the nation, having drafted and/or negotiated hundreds of retail leases for various clients over the past decade.
Dan also has significant experience representing real estate investment funds and trusts, syndicators, developers, family offices and high net worth individuals on real estate matters involving a broad array of asset types, including retail shopping centers, office and industrial properties, multi-family residential properties and mixed-use projects.
Dan founded Blackacre LLP in order to provide a better way for his clients to grow and thrive — and to that end, formulated a fixed fee pricing model that benefits clients rather than attorneys, while maintaining a premium level of service.
Prior to founding Blackacre, Dan was chair of the Real Estate practice group at Raines Feldman LLP, where he was also a founding partner. Dan began his legal career at the downtown Los Angeles offices of Latham & Watkins LLP and then Allen Matkins.
Tell us about your deal and we'll provide a fixed fee quote — typically within 24 hours.
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