Barbara Trachtenberg, head of DLA Piper’s Boston Real Estate practice, was named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s annual list of Top Women of Law. Trachtenberg was honored at a presentation in Boston on October 27, 2016. 

Trachtenberg was recognized for her leadership as a highly accomplished attorney and her dedication to improving the lives of others in her community. She is passionate about Heading Home, Inc. and a leader of its Up & Out program, which was recently recognized by our global real estate practice group as one of our best corporate social responsibility initiatives. She is a past president of  CREW Boston and was a CREW Boston chapter liaison for the 2009 CREW Convention, held in Boston.

Trachtenberg’s practice includes representation of developers, institutional investors, REITs, pension funds and investment advisors who invest in diverse asset classes including office, multi-family, retail, industrial and data centers, many of whom invest through joint venture transactions.

Her experience includes representing buyers and sellers of CBD office towers, hotels, office buildings, multifamily properties, mixed use projects and golf courses; representing institutional investors and developer partners in joint venture acquisition, development and financing transactions; representing borrowers and institutional lenders in primary, secondary and mezzanine lending for all asset types; and representing landlords and tenants in leasing transactions of office, retail, industrial and laboratory space.

Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly’s profile of Trachtenberg can found here: Top Women of Law