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Real Estate
The real estate market is rapidly evolving for developers, contractors, investors, property owners, lenders, and loan servicers, becoming more complex with an increasing pace of change.
You need a partner who understands today’s and tomorrow’s market and has the expertise and industry insights to anticipate trends; a partner who can help you stay ahead of the competition. That is why clients across the country have come to rely on and trust Winstead’s team of over 155 dedicated real estate attorneys for our experience, advice, and counsel.
We understand the business of real estate and can help you navigate through all phases of your sophisticated transactions, restructurings, and litigation in both stable and challenging economic times.
Having worked with many of the largest and most diverse real estate companies, institutional investors, public-private-partnerships, lenders, and loan servicers in the country, we can advise you through all phases of your transaction.
Unlike many law firms, we have active Construction, Entitlement/Land Use, Leasing/Asset Management, Regulatory, Labor & Employment, and Tax practices, enabling us to collaborate with you through all phases of your transaction.
We are proud that the client and peer review survey conducted by Chambers & Partners has ranked our Real Estate, Real Estate Zoning & Land Use, and Construction practices as Band 1, the top level in Texas. In addition, many of our attorneys are members of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
We are Winstead. We work as a trusted partner and focus on exceeding your expectations on every file, every day, by providing creative, practical, and digestible solutions to your most complex legal and business opportunities and challenges.
- Represented a public REIT in the $1.2 billion acquisition and financing of a 14-property office portfolio across Texas and the Southeast.
- Counsel to the developer of a 2,400-acre master-planned community, from land assemblage through the first 600 home closings.
- Structured the joint venture, construction loan and ground lease for a 1.1 million square foot data center campus.
- Defended a loan servicer in a $90 million special-servicing dispute resolved before trial.
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Publications

Publications
To Gift or Not to Gift: Balancing Income and Transfer Tax Benefits for Individuals Between $5 Million and $10 Million
Publications | 05.21.21
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Publications
Redstone v. Commissioner: Tax Court Finds Transfer of Stock Made as Part of Disputed Family Settlement Was a Taxable Gift
Publications | 03.10.16
Read More: Redstone v. Commissioner: Tax Court Finds Transfer of Stock Made as Part of Disputed Family Settlement Was a Taxable GiftPublications
Trust Protector Superpowers Get Nod from Courts, quoted in Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report
Publications | 07.27.15
Read More: Trust Protector Superpowers Get Nod from Courts, quoted in Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax ReportSpeeches

Speeches
Mum’s the Word: Maintaining Client Confidentiality and Dealing with Ethical Challenges While Working from Anywhere
Speeches | 05.21.21
Read More: Mum’s the Word: Maintaining Client Confidentiality and Dealing with Ethical Challenges While Working from AnywhereNews Alerts

News Alerts
The Corporate Transparency Act Requires Reporting of Beneficial Owners
News Alerts | 09.23.24
Read More: The Corporate Transparency Act Requires Reporting of Beneficial Owners
News Alerts
Estate Planning Ramifications of a Democratic Sweep
News Alerts | 01.19.21
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News Alerts
Potential Estate Planning Implications of 2020 Election Results
News Alerts | 10.19.20
Read More: Potential Estate Planning Implications of 2020 Election ResultsFirm News
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Firm News
The general counsel’s agenda for 2027
Firm News | 08.25.26
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Firm News
What the new data-privacy rules mean for mid-market companies
Firm News | 08.18.26
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Firm News
Navigating multistate remote-work compliance
Firm News | 08.15.26
Read More: Navigating multistate remote-work complianceMedia Coverage

Media Coverage
Annual labor & employment briefing: registration open
Media Coverage | 08.16.26
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Media Coverage
Fall webinar series: privacy, AI, and the workplace
Media Coverage | 08.09.26
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Media Coverage
Roundtable: succession planning for family businesses
Media Coverage | 07.10.26
Read More: Roundtable: succession planning for family businessesFirm Highlights

Firm Highlights
Firm secures landmark appellate win for national manufacturer
Firm Highlights | 08.21.26
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Firm Highlights
Marcus D. Delgado named to lead insurance litigation team
Firm Highlights | 08.12.26
Read More: Marcus D. Delgado named to lead insurance litigation team
Firm Highlights
Three partners named to 2027 “Leaders in Law”
Firm Highlights | 08.11.26
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Construction Counsel
Pay-When-Paid Clauses Under Texas Law
Blogs | 04.11.24
Read More: Pay-When-Paid Clauses Under Texas LawReal Estate Forward

Real Estate Forward
Ground Leases in a High-Rate Environment
Blogs | 02.20.25
Read More: Ground Leases in a High-Rate EnvironmentReal Estate Forward
Data Centers and the Power Problem
Blogs | 08.05.24
Read More: Data Centers and the Power ProblemThe Patent Perspective
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The Patent Perspective
Five Questions Every Patent Owner Should Ask Before Suing
Blogs | 03.04.25
Read More: Five Questions Every Patent Owner Should Ask Before Suing
The Patent Perspective
Inter Partes Review After the Latest PTAB Guidance
Blogs | 01.14.25
Read More: Inter Partes Review After the Latest PTAB Guidance
The Patent Perspective
Damages Experts and the Apportionment Problem
Blogs | 10.02.24
Read More: Damages Experts and the Apportionment ProblemOur real estate attorneys are active in the organizations that shape the industry.
- Urban Land Institute
- NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association
- Real Estate Council of Dallas
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Chambers USA ranks the Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use and Construction practices Band 1 in Texas.
The Best Lawyers in America lists more than 40 members of the group.
Guides
- Texas lien law checklist for owners and lenders
- Ground lease term sheet essentials
Webinars
- Distressed real estate: the first ninety days








