SOUTH FLORIDA REAL ESTATE GROUP
POSITION YOURSELF TO THRIVE WITH OUR GROUP’S UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE
Holland & Knight’s Real Estate Practice is active throughout the South Florida market across a network of three offices –Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami. Because Florida is one of the country’s top states for growth across a range of industry sectors, the South Florida practice serves as an integral part of Holland & Knight’s nationwide recognition.
For more than 100 years, we have provided legal counsel to real estate clients in practically every area of their business, including:
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DEEP HOSPITALITY BENCH
of attorneys throughout South Florida, the gateway to Latin America
NUMBERS
48 lawyers in the South Florida Real Estate group –the largest concentration of real estate attorneys across the firm
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
in Urban Land Institute, the largest and most prestigious land use organization in the country
LEADING LAWYERS ON YOUR SIDE
2025 The Legal 500 United States Guide Firm recognized as top-tier nationwide for Land Use/Zoning and recommended for Real Estate, Real Estate − Construction and Real Estate − Finance | Partners Joseph Goldstein and Stephen Shapiro were highlighted as “Hall of Fame” lawyers in the guide
2025 Chambers USA Guide
39 real estate attorneys from nine markets recognized
Firm received No. 1 rankings in Real Estate (Washington, D.C.; North and Central Florida; Tennessee and Texas) and Zoning/Land Use (California and South Florida)
In the 2025 Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” guide, Holland & Knight received national first-tier rankings in Real Estate Law and Land Use and Zoning Law, in addition to 272 metropolitan first-tier rankings across 25 of its U.S. offices, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale
2025 The Best Lawyers in America Guide
166 real estate lawyers recognized | Noted in the areas of Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law, Litigation − Real Estate, Environmental Law, and Land Use and Zoning Law
Armando Codina development, Downtown Doral, Miami, Florida
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REAL ESTATE FINANCE
Real estate finance is a core strength of our Real Estate practice, as demonstrated by our significant track record within the national real estate finance space.
RETAIL
Holland & Knight has one of the strongest retail practices nationwide. As other retail law firms abandon their focus on the retail sector, we are even more committed to it, and continue to organize our retail practice around the needs of clients to fit their business services and structure.
HOSPITALITY
We have a focus on the hotel and hospitality industry, with particular emphasis on hotel and mixed-use communities. We advise hotel owners and developers of mixed-use resort and urban communities domestically and in the emerging markets of Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Holland & Knight was one of the first law firms with attorneys certified as LEED-accredited (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). We have attorneys who are certified to advise clients on green building, environmentally sustainable construction and performance issues.
LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS
Since the inception of low-income housing tax credits in 1975, Holland & Knight has represented syndicators, developers, broker-dealers and equity investors in structuring, negotiating and documenting tax-advantaged equity investments in all types of real estate throughout the U.S. As a result, we have developed extensive knowledge about low-income housing tax credits, and the tax and business problems that can arise in structuring tax-advantaged transactions.
HIGHLY RESPONSIVE to market changes including the COVID-19 pandemic, creatively adapting as circumstances demand
Joseph Goldstein
Miami Real Estate Practice Group Leader
+1.305.789.7782
via working relationships with local regulatory and policy authorities throughout the country, including municipalities and the executive and legislative branches
joseph.goldstein@hklaw.com
by offering cutting-edge counsel on evolving issues affecting every aspect of the real estate industry
Nicholas Milano
Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach
Real Estate Practice Group Leader
+1.954.468.7804
nick.milano@hklaw.com
CONNECTED
to the Florida, Caribbean and Latin American markets, employing our intimate knowledge of pivotal opportunities, trending communities and challenges within these locales and beyond
