Michael First Singer

Michael F. Singer is a business and real estate attorney whose practice spans both the transactional and the contested sides of commercial property. For more than a decade he has served as outside counsel to real estate investment trusts and commercial landlords, including some of the largest operators of shopping centers and mixed-use properties, advising general counsel and regional general counsel on the matters that keep large portfolios moving.

Michael drafts and negotiates commercial and residential leases, amendments, and assignments, and he prepares the instruments that document real estate transactions, including deeds, mortgages, and promissory notes. On the contested side, he litigates commercial evictions, collection actions, construction disputes, tenant improvement allowance claims, code enforcement actions, quiet title actions, and mortgage foreclosure matters.

His counsel extends well beyond real estate. Michael advises business entities on formation and organization, shareholder and membership agreements, dissolutions, buy-outs, and corporate transactions. He has prepared and submitted trademark applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He guides businesses and nonprofits through the rules governing promotions, sweepstakes, and contests, from official rules to registration and bonding. Clients who come to him for one problem often stay for the breadth of what he can handle.