Mr. Ley joined the firm in 1993 after 15 years of real estate practice at Goodwin, Procter & Hoar and the Boston office of McDermott, Will & Emery. His practice covers all aspects of commercial (office and retail), industrial and multi-family real estate, including representation of lenders and developers in development, sales, leasing, financing, permitting, subdivision and general real estate issues.
He has represented developers and lenders in a number of complex development projects, including alternative energy projects such as refuse-to-energy supported by municipal contracts, hydroelectric and biomass; the acquisition and development of major portions of a 200-acre mixed use project involving the reuse of a former Naval air station; the construction and financing of a Maryland apartment project involving a unique financing lease structure required by foreign investing entities; and various other multi-family projects in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland and Virginia totaling over 7,000 units. He has represented clients in the acquisition, development and leasing of over 1.5 million square feet of office, retail and mixed use projects, including the leasing of substantially all of the 700,000 square feet of office space developed by a client in the State Street South complex in North Quincy, Massachusetts. In general, he has represented landlords and tenants in the leasing of over 2.5 million square feet of commercial, retail, R&D and industrial space in New England and nationally. He also has presented programs on leasing issues for the National Business Institute.
Mr. Ley is a member of the Real Estate Finance Association division of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association, the Real Property sections of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association, and is an approved title attorney for major national title insurance companies. A retired Marine Colonel naval aviator, he has also been a biographee in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the East and Who's Who in America, and he participates in various civic organizations, such as being an advisory board member for the Greater Boston Salvation Army and a trustee of the USS Constitution Museum. As the spirit moves, he also is a high-speed driving instructor for a number of regions of the Porsche Club of America. Also, Mr. Ley was named as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer for two of the last three years.
Mr. Ley received his A.B. in 1967 from Dartmouth College and his J.D. in 1975 from Boston University School of Law, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the latter's alumni association.
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