Three DLA Piper partners recognized by Connect CRE as 2024 Women in Real Estate

DLA Piper is pleased to announce partners Stacie Trott, Cara Nelson and Lauren Rico have been recognized as Connect CRE Women in Real Estate. Each year, the publication highlights women who have reached respected positions of leadership and play key mentorship roles for others in commercial real estate.

Trott, who serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Real Estate Practice and Co-Chair of the New York Real Estate Practice, was recognized in the New York and Tri-State category. In her practice, she guides clients through highly structured corporate and commercial real estate transactions, particularly those involving European and Asian cross-border investments. Her clients include institutional private equity firms, global investment managers and real estate investment funds involved in complex joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and financings of office, hotel, multi-family, logistics, industrial, storage and retail assets.

Nelson, Chair of the firm’s Boston Real Estate Practice, was recognized in the Boston and New England category. She has extensive experience providing advice to US and non-US real estate investors, developers, real estate private equity funds, family offices, investment advisors and pension plans in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, including single asset and portfolio acquisitions, sales, financings and joint ventures. Her clients invest in diverse asset classes, including multi-family, office, industrial, senior housing, life science and retail properties, often through joint venture arrangements.

Rico was recognized in the Washington, DC category. She represents private equity funds, family offices, insurance companies, commercial banks, developers and other institutional investors and asset managers in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions. Rico is also an experienced real estate finance lawyer, representing borrowers and lenders, especially in construction financing, complex finance structures, including agency and CMBS financing, mezzanine loans and preferred equity, and multistate portfolio matters. Her national practice involves various asset classes, including office, retail, multifamily, build-to-rent townhomes and single family homes, logistics, industrial outdoor storage and other industrial properties, marinas, hotels and resorts, senior housing/assisted living and manufactured housing.