Gina has vast experience representing owners, developers, and investors in real estate transactions, including significant projects for big box retailers, national banks, and institutional lenders across multifaceted property types.

Overview
Representative Matters

Gina is a partner in the Chicago office, advising clients on complex real estate transactions across the United States. With extensive experience representing institutional investors, lenders, and property owners, Gina counsels clients through every state of the real estate lifecycle — from acquisition and financing to disposition.

Gina regularly leads multijurisdictional transactions involving office, industrial, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, and specialized asset classes. Her practice includes negotiating and structuring loan documents and purchase and sale agreements. Known for a practical, business-focused approach, Gina works closely with clients to manage risk, address issues, and keep transactions moving efficiently toward closing.

In addition to transactional work, Gina collaborates with the firm’s tax, environmental, bankruptcy, and corporate teams to deliver integrated solutions on complex deals nationwide. Clients value Gina’s ability to balance legal precision with commercial realities in fast-moving, high-value transactions.

Gina is also committed to empowering others. She is a member of the firm’s Hispanic affinity group and is an active participant in formal mentorship programs for associates.

  • Represents a big box retailer throughout the Midwest in all aspects of site acquisition and development.
  • Counseled a national bank on a portfolio of ATM leases nationwide.
  • Advised an institutional lender on single-site and portfolio financing transactions.
  • Assisted a client in the disposition of various properties, including vacant land and office properties.
  • Represented a mezzanine lender in a loan for the acquisition and renovation of a student housing project.

Gina is a partner in the Chicago office, advising clients on complex real estate transactions across the United States. With extensive experience representing institutional investors, lenders, and property owners, Gina counsels clients through every state of the real estate lifecycle — from acquisition and financing to disposition.

Gina regularly leads multijurisdictional transactions involving office, industrial, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, and specialized asset classes. Her practice includes negotiating and structuring loan documents and purchase and sale agreements. Known for a practical, business-focused approach, Gina works closely with clients to manage risk, address issues, and keep transactions moving efficiently toward closing.

In addition to transactional work, Gina collaborates with the firm’s tax, environmental, bankruptcy, and corporate teams to deliver integrated solutions on complex deals nationwide. Clients value Gina’s ability to balance legal precision with commercial realities in fast-moving, high-value transactions.

Gina is also committed to empowering others. She is a member of the firm’s Hispanic affinity group and is an active participant in formal mentorship programs for associates.

  • Represents a big box retailer throughout the Midwest in all aspects of site acquisition and development.
  • Counseled a national bank on a portfolio of ATM leases nationwide.
  • Advised an institutional lender on single-site and portfolio financing transactions.
  • Assisted a client in the disposition of various properties, including vacant land and office properties.
  • Represented a mezzanine lender in a loan for the acquisition and renovation of a student housing project.
  • Volunteer, Peace Corps, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Education

  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2006
  • Northwestern University, B.A., Political Science

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Languages

  • Arabic
  • Spanish