Continuing the Conversation from CBA’s AI Symposium
It was great to see you at the Chicago Bar Association’s AI Symposium and connect amid all the energy of the conference. We appreciated the opportunity to introduce you to the LP team and highlight how we partner with clients and the breadth of our capabilities.
We leverage a multidisciplinary team at the forefront of AI, GenAI, and similar technologies—both established and emerging. We combine our deep industry experience with focused legal knowledge of the transactional, litigation, intellectual property, information technology, real estate, employment, cybersecurity, and data privacy issues that come into play when adopting these technologies.
Our Real Estate Practice Group, handles all types of real estate matters across the country, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture transactions, real estate development, commercial leasing, real estate tax structuring, and debt and equity financing.
What clients value most is not just the depth of experience, but the way we work: building long‑term relationships, collaborating closely with internal teams and external partners, and continuously looking for ways to streamline processes and drive better outcomes. Our goal is to serve as a trusted legal partner who understands your business and helps move deals forward efficiently and strategically.
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Ben Altshul
Partner,
Real Estate
baltshul@lplegal.com
A partner in the Real Estate group, Ben Altshul, represents investors, developers, and corporate clients in commercial real estate transactions across the United States. He has deep experience in borrower-side financing, purchase and sale negotiations, title and survey review, and structuring liability protections. His clients range from entrepreneurial operators to established private equity sponsors, and he regularly works on acquisitions, disposition
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