Yankwitt LLP handles complex, high-stakes real estate litigation for developers, investors, family-owned real estate businesses, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm’s litigation attorneys focus on disputes where real estate is a core business asset, significant capital is at risk, or relationships have broken down, and a decisive litigation strategy is required.
Real Estate Litigation Services
Yankwitt LLP’s Real Estate Litigation Practice represents clients in matters involving:
- Real estate business divorce and ownership disputes
- Operating agreement, partnership, and shareholder disputes
- Fiduciary duty claims involving real estate assets
- Commercial leasing disputes
- Development and construction litigation
- Property damage claims related to infrastructure failures and flooding
- Title insurance and other insurance coverage issues
Real Estate Business Divorce and Ownership Disputes
A substantial part of the practice involves real estate business divorce matters. We regularly represent families, partners, and closely held entities in disputes arising from jointly owned real estate portfolios, including claims involving operating agreements, shareholder and partnership disputes, fiduciary duty issues, and contested efforts to unwind or restructure ownership. These cases require a sophisticated understanding of both litigation strategies and the underlying economics of real estate enterprises.
Commercial Leasing Disputes
The firm also handles complex commercial leasing disputes involving owners, developers, and commercial tenants. Our work in this area typically involves significant properties, long-term leases, and issues that materially affect the value or control of an asset, rather than routine landlord-tenant matters.
Development and Construction Litigation
In development and construction-related litigation, Yankwitt LLP represents owners, developers, and contractors in breach-of-contract, delay, and defect disputes connected to large-scale projects. The firm settled a high-exposure case on behalf of our client, a global biotechnology company, in a breach of contract case brought by Skanska, one of the world’s largest construction companies.
Property Damage, Infrastructure Failures, and Insurance Issues
The practice also includes high-value property damage litigation, particularly claims arising from municipal infrastructure failures, flooding, and other conditions that cause substantial damage to residential or commercial properties. These cases require coordinated strategies addressing liability, damages, and insurance considerations.
Across all real estate litigation matters, Yankwitt LLP brings a trial-focused approach. Our firm is recognized as a leading real estate litigation law firm that handles cases too complex, contentious, or economically significant to be resolved through routine negotiation, and for representing clients who need experienced real estate litigation attorneys to protect valuable assets and business interests.
