Pahl & McCay’s real estate attorneys address legal and business issues for all types of real estate, including multi-family, commercial, industrial, office and retail properties and are involved in all aspects of real estate related projects for its clients. Pahl & McCay guides its clients through each and every phase of their real estate holdings from assisting clients in the acquisition of property, whether by purchase or exchange, to entitlements, financings, construction, lease-up, general on-going operational issues, including commercial evictions, and, finally, through final divestiture of the property.

The firm’s attorneys have extensive knowledge in brokerage relations, purchase and sale agreements, financing, equity sharing arrangements, development, entitlements, construction, commercial and residential leases, rent control, landlord tenant relations and property management for both commercial and residential properties. The firm's real estate attorneys are also knowledgeable litigators in areas such as lease controversies, mechanics' liens and construction litigation, and other matters affecting real estate and land use. The firm additionally has expertise in the field of affordable housing within its multi-family housing practice, providing operational and regulatory guidance to for-profit and non-profit owners and operators of tax credit and subsidized housing, including the inter-relationship of federal, state and local programs.

Pahl & McCay's full-service approach to its concentration in real estate law enables it to meet nearly all of the real estate needs of its diverse real estate client base, which ranges from single building and four-plex owners to the largest real estate investment trusts and development companies nationwide. The firm’s clientele include property owners, developers, property managers, brokerage firms, construction companies, commercial tenants and financial institutions. The firm also serves as the General Counsel to the California Apartment Association and maintains a leadership position in and/or provides educational support to real estate organizations such as the Building Owners and Managers Association, the National Apartment Association and the Affordable Housing Management Association of Northern California, Nevada and Hawaii.