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Morgan Lewis

James L. Black Jr.

Partner

james.black@morganlewis.com

Boston Phone +1.617.951.8754 Fax +1.617.428.6435

One Federal St.//Boston, MA 02110-1726//United States

James L. Black, Jr. represents developers, lenders, institutional investors, corporations, REITs, users and owners of office, retail, multifamily, R&D, industrial, and mixed-use properties on all aspects of transactional real estate practice. Jim handles a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions nationally and locally, including acquisitions and dispositions, developments, debt and equity financings, leases, joint ventures, distressed debt transactions, loan dispositions, and timberlands transactions. Jim represents lenders and developers on real estate, financing, and construction matters for conventional and renewable power generation projects.

Jim represents clients in the acquisition, financing, and sale of timberlands, including transactions involving over several million acres nationally. He is skilled in representing commercial lenders with respect to distressed mortgage and mezzanine loans, including loan restructurings, enforcement proceedings, transfers in lieu of foreclosure, and loan dispositions. Jim also represents lenders, owners, and developers on real estate aspects of project finance and energy transactions, including cogeneration, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal projects, and leveraged lease transactions.

selected representations

  • Represented client in its $270 million sale to a REIT of 24 retail properties in the New England region, totaling 1.4 million square feet of retail space
  • Represented joint venture in its acquisition and ground leasing of a 250,000 square foot medical office portfolio in Boston, Mass.
  • Represented corporation in the negotiation of its new 123,000 square feet headquarters lease in a Boston, Mass. office tower
  • Represented corporate user in its development and construction financing of a 800,000 square-foot manufacturing facility as part of tax-deferred exchange
  • Represented major financial institution clients in nationwide real estate asset and loan portfolio disposition programs
  • Represented pharmaceutical company in the ground leasing and development of a research facility in Boston, Mass.
  • Represented large institutional clients in net lease property sales, financings and leases, and associated partnership matters
  • Represented developers in their acquisition, financing, development, and leasing of office and R&D parks in the greater Boston area 

Awards and Affiliations

Recognized, Real Estate Law, Boston, The Best Lawyers in America (2023)

Member, Law Firm of the Year, Energy/Projects: Power (including Renewables), Chambers USA (2018)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Energy, Law360 (2016)

Member, Energy Law Firm of the Year, US News & World Report/Best Lawyers (2015)

Member, Boston Bar Association

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Member, National Association of Office and Industrial Properties

Member, Real Estate Finance Association

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, 1993, Juris Doctor, Cum Laude
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990, Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude

Sectors

  • Energy

Services

  • Real Estate

Events

3/19/2018 - Real Estate Secured Financings

News

4/12/2016 - Morgan Lewis advises Tempur Sealy International on $1.1B New Credit Facilities
3/24/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises Mercury Systems Inc in $300M Microsemi Businesses Acquisition

Publications

11/13/2012 - Don’t Undercut Timberland Purchase and Sale Agreements