Laurinda Frederick

Counsel

Background

Laurinda Frederick is a highly accomplished commercial real estate attorney with a decade of experience, including roles at prominent firms such as Greenberg Traurig and Fox Rothschild. She has successfully handled complex transactions ranging from millions to billions of dollars and managed portfolios encompassing 20 to 60 properties.

Laurinda’s expertise spans every facet of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and leasing. She skillfully oversees purchase and sale transactions from start to finish, covering negotiation, drafting, due diligence, title and survey reviews, environmental assessments, financing, entity formation, land use, zoning, tax liens, and closings.

In commercial leasing, Laurinda brings extensive experience across all asset classes, managing the entire process from negotiation and drafting to due diligence, estoppel certificates, SNDAs, subleases, and lease assignments. She also has significant experience in real estate financing, including opinion letters and defeasance, and has led high-stakes transactions, such as heading the Freddie Mac team in a debt acquisition deal.

Laurinda has represented major institutions and REITs with property and debt portfolios spanning hotels, offices, apartments, and industrial properties. Her clients have included commercial landlords, developers, retail centers, HOAs, hospitals, universities, military bases, municipalities, and telecommunications companies.

Outside of work, Laurinda is a passionate foodie who enjoys cooking, watching cooking shows, attending food festivals, and sharing meals with friends and family.

“Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind, always” - Ian MacLaren


Transactions

  • Represented REIT in acquisition of $6 billion in debt

  • Represented REIT in acquisition of numerous properties across office, industrial and hospitality assets

  • Led residential leasing project of about 100 leases for multi-billion dollar online real estate company in all 50 states, District of Columbia, and multiple local municipalities

  • Represented a national bank in disposition of 6 retail locations ranging from $3 to $6 million

  • Represented self storage facility in sale of property and defeasance

  • Reviewed hundreds of leases for sale-leaseback of grocery store portfolio

  • Represented multi-national telecommunications company in 150+ telecom lease and site acquisition transactions with commercial, resort, urban, industrial, and municipal property owners

  • Represented large international oil company in 15 commercial leases

  • Managed commercial leases in Southwest region for large healthcare client


Publications

As-Is Clauses in Horse Purchase and Sale Agreements
Greenberg Taurig Alert, March 2021

What Colorado Commercial Property Owners Should Know About Property Valuation Approaches
Greenberg Taurig Alert, March 2021

Nursing Homes Should Check Tax Classification
Colorado Real Estate Journal, January 2021

Despite Not Being a Tax Revaluation Year, Check Valuations
Colorado Real Estate Journal, June 2020

Denver is Global Leader in the Future Smart City Landscape
Colorado Real Estate Journal, December 2018

What’s Making Headlines in Colorado Real Estate?
Denver Business Journal, October 2017


Favorite Books

“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

“Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger

“Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn

Anything by John Grisham or Dan Brown

Practice Areas

Commercial Leasing
Development
Entity Structuring
Financing
Land Use
Real Estate
Tax Liens
Zoning

Industries

Health Care
Hospitality
Hospitals
Lending
Military Bases
Municipalities
Retail
Shopping Centers
Telecommunications

Education

University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
President Hospitality Law Association,
Phi Delta Phi

University of Colorado
Business (B.S.)
Summa Cum Laude

American University
Washington College of Law
Student and Faculty

Bar & Court Admissions

Colorado

Memberships

American Bar Association

Colorado Bar Association

Denver Bar Association

Colorado Women’s Bar Association

NAIOP (Membership and Engagement Committees)

CREW (Membership and Communications Committees)

Power Animal

Wolf

Law Articles and News