Chicago Area Regional Director - Louis Cohen

Louis S. Cohen is co-chair of Locke Lord's Real Estate and Finance practice and a partner in the Firm's Chicago office.His general practice is national in scope and concentrated in transactional real estate matters and matters related to the development and use of professional sports venues. The focus of Lou's general real estate practice is commercial acquisitions and dispositions, development, venture structuring and formation, leasing, lending, restructuring and workouts. His clients include national lenders, developers, REITs, public pension funds, pension fund advisors and governmental entities. Lou's sports franchise and sports facilities development practice addresses the development, financing, leasing and media/sponsorship/naming of professional sports stadia, as well as the acquisition and disposition of interests in professional sports franchises. His clients in this area have ranged from states, counties, and municipalities to the private owners of majority and minority interests in professional franchises and corporate sponsors. Lou has been lead counsel for some of the largest and highest profile real estate transactions for almost 30 years.