Patrick G. Moran
Partner
Patrick Moran handles a wide variety of commercial real estate
and related financing matters, with a special emphasis on leasing,
development and finance.
His current financing practice focuses on secured construction
and term loans, as well as unsecured revolving credit loans to
REITs and other real estate companies.
In the development area, Patrick regularly represents developers
in venture formation, financing and leasing of major projects.
He has worked extensively with landlords and tenants over the
last 30 years in the leasing of over 15,000,000 square feet of
office space and has a specialty in ground leasing issues.
Patrick is also a past Chairman of SNR Denton's Real Estate
practice and has received a "Band I" rating among Illinois real
estate lawyers from Chambers USA.
Representative Leasing Transactions
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP, 155 South Wacker
Drive, Chicago, Illinois 2007 (165,000 square feet) (represented
landlord)
- Deloitte and Touche (USA), LLP, 111 South Wacker Drive Chicago,
Illinois, 2002 (425,000 square feet) (represented landlord)
- Aon Corporation, Amoco Building/Aon Center, Chicago Illinois,
1999 (600,000 square feet sublease) (represented subtenant)
- William Blair and Company, 222 West Adams Street, Chicago,
Illinois, 1991 and 2009 (350,000 square foot lease and extension)
(represented tenant)
Publications
- Author of handbook materials and speaker for American College
of Real Estate Lawyers, "Dispute Resolution Clauses in Leases,"
April 2007
- Author of chapter on "Mechanic's Liens" for IICLE Handbook on
Basic Real Estate practice
- Co-Author of chapter on "Office Leases" for Illinois Institute
of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Handbook on Commercial
Landlord and Tenant Practice
- Author of handbook materials and speaker for American College
of Real Estate, "Subleasing: The Lease Reflected," October
1994
Presentations
- Adjunct Professor, The John Marshall Law School, "Leasing,
Ownership and Management."
- Chicago Bar Association, "Fundamentals of Leasing."
- Building Owners and Managers Association, "Tenant Improvements:
How to Avoid Dispute, Increase Revenue and Save Costs."
- Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, "Fundamentals of Leasing" for
Programs on Real Estate Transactions, September 1995 and 1996
- Speaker, American Conference Institute, "Adjustments of Rent to
Market Rate," October 1994
- Moderator, "Creating, Marketing and Financing REITs," program
for SN and R clients, November 1993
- Speaker, "Leasing and Workouts," SN and R client program in
June 1993. Speaker for American College of Real Estate Lawyers,
"Cutting Edge Leasing Issues," for a workshop in April 1993
- Speaker on Construction Contract Law and Mechanics' Liens for
Turner Construction Company's seminar program in March 1993
- Speaker for Illinois CPA Society program, "Understanding
Commercial Real Estate Leases," April 1992
- Speaker for IICLE presentation, "Negotiating a Shopping Center
Lease in the 1990s," May 1990
- Co-chairman and speaker for Prentice Hall Law and Business
Program, "Ground Leases and the Real Estate Development Process,"
April 1990
- Speaker, "Overview of Remedies" for CLE International "Advanced
Conference on Commercial Leases," November 1989
- Speaker, "Project Documents" for Infocast presentation on
"Documenting Today's Commercial Real Estate Loans," October
1988
- Speaking on "Filling the Space--Leasing and Tenant Issues" for
IICLE presentation on Major Commercial Developments in September
1988
- Speaker on assignment and subletting issues for the ABA
Subcommittee on Commercial Leasing at the 1987 ABA Annual
Convention
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Education
Georgetown University Law Center, 1976, J.D., Notes Editor, American Criminal Law Review
Harvard College, 1972, B.A.
Admitted to the Bar
Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois