Practice Focus and Experience
Lawrence Rollin represents individuals and business organizations in connection with the formation of business entities, structuring and implementing business relationships, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and commercial loan transactions, and general business matters. His practice primarily relates to Real Estate Acquisition, Development, Financing and Leasing, Business Sale and Acquisition, Intellectual Property, Taxation, and Tax Exempt Organizations. Additionally, he has extensive experience in Commercial Leasing and is an active contributor to The Commercial Leasing Practice Guide. Lawrence has represented a variety of individuals as well as not for profit and charitable organizations.
Representative Matters
- Seller's counsel for various multimillion dollar office, retail, industrial and residential developments, including the financing thereof, in Chicago, Illinois and the State of Arizona.
- Buyer's counsel for various multimillion dollar office, retail, industrial and residential developments, including the financing thereof, in Chicago, Illinois and the State of Arizona.
- Landlord's counsel for the leasing activities of major office, retail and industrial developments in Chicago, Illinois and the State of Arizona.
- Owner's counsel for major development construction projects in Chicago, Illinois and the State of Arizona, including master planned communities.
- General counsel to exempt organizations [I.R.S. Code § 501(c)(3)] for organizational, compliance, internal operations and general business and transaction matters.
- General business and transaction counsel for commercial enterprises and intellectual property and technology development companies.
- Owner's counsel for the transfer and license of technology and other intellectual property rights.
Education
- Indiana University (B.S., Finance, 1982)
- Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1985)
Admissions and Memberships
- Admitted: Arizona (1987), Illinois (1985)
- Lecturer: National Business Institute, Inc
Community Involvement
- Volunteer Lawyers Program
Publications
- Contributor to Commercial Leasing Practice Guide, Friederich, Blair P., Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996
- Contributor to The Commercial Lease, Friederich, Blair P., Professional Publishing
