AI-native commercial real estate law. Flat fee. Nationwide. The depth of in-house counsel, built for the way deals actually move.
Most law firms hand you a redlined document and an invoice. We embed in your transaction from term sheet to closing, operating the way in-house counsel does: proactively, collaboratively, and with your deal's momentum as the priority.
Legal Counsel Management also serves as dedicated CRE special counsel to corporate and private equity legal departments that require specialized commercial real estate expertise. We integrate seamlessly with your existing legal team, providing depth where and when you need it.
We function as a seat at your deal table, not a vendor on the outside. From LOI through closing, we track every moving part so you never have to manage your lawyer.
Scope and fee are agreed upfront. Your legal cost becomes a known, budgetable line item from day one, allowing you and your partners to underwrite the deal cleanly. No hourly meters. No surprise invoices. Because flat fees align our incentives with yours, we are vested in getting your deal to close. Our model also lets us work efficiently enough to offset total deal legal costs, including limiting the impact of lender and opposing counsel through precise, well-prepared negotiation.
We use AI to eliminate administrative overhead so our attention goes to the judgment calls that protect your capital. Faster delivery. Deeper analysis. AI augments our output. It never replaces it.
No associates. Every file is worked by the same experienced transactional attorney from intake to closing. Every call gets real answers.
Built around the way CRE transactions actually move. Fast, responsive, and designed to keep our attention on substance, not administration.
We review your deal structure, capital stack, and timeline, then deliver a flat-fee proposal within 24 hours. Scope defined. Cost known. No ambiguity.
We join your deal team. Document review, lender negotiation, title and survey, entity structuring, and closing checklist management, handled end-to-end.
We drive every condition to satisfaction and manage the full closing sequence. Available after closing for what the portfolio needs next.
We practice exclusively in commercial real estate across every asset class and every transaction structure. We work across the full transaction spectrum. No deal is too complex, and no sponsor too early-stage to receive the same senior-level attention.
"Flat fees are not a discount. They signal that we understand your deal well enough to price it honestly, and that we are as invested in closing it as you are."
Vick Chauhan, Esq. — Founder, LCMPSA negotiation and review, title and survey, entity structuring, and closing coordination across all CRE asset classes: multifamily, office, retail, industrial, hospitality, mixed-use, and land.
CMBS, bridge, debt fund, agency, construction, and balance sheet lending. Full loan document review, borrower entity formation, opinion letters, and lender negotiation. Extensive experience in complex loan modifications and restructures on behalf of borrowers, including workouts and maturity extensions.
Full-service CRE counsel for hospitality assets. Brand license review, franchise agreement counsel, PIP analysis, management agreement review, and development legal services. Deep expertise across all flag tiers and independent assets.
For family offices, private equity platforms, developers, and operators with recurring CRE transactional needs. Annual retainer structures providing dedicated legal counsel without the overhead of in-house staff. Exclusively focused on commercial real estate transaction work.
We built our practice workflows around AI from day one. Not to reduce costs or replace attorney judgment, but to eliminate the administrative overhead that inflates legal bills without adding value to your transaction.
The result is faster turnaround, more thorough issue-spotting, and a lawyer whose full attention goes to what actually protects your investment. AI optimization is about efficiency and precision. Never about cheapening the output.
Attorney-client confidentiality governs every engagement at LCM. Our AI tools operate exclusively within secured, confidential environments. Your deal terms, counterparty information, and transaction details are never used to train any external model, never shared across matters, and never exposed beyond the attorney-client relationship. The same professional obligation that governs traditional legal practice governs every tool we use.
AI-powered intake pipelines capture deal details, flag structural issues, and pre-populate review frameworks before counsel opens the first document. Less ramp-up. Faster value.
Multi-pass AI review frameworks flag risk provisions, score confidence levels, and surface negotiation priorities. The analysis is ours. AI accelerates our access to it.
All documents are drafted and owned by the attorney. AI serves as a quality control and consistency layer, cross-checking against precedent and flagging omissions. Never the author.
AI compression of administrative legal work means substantive analysis returns faster, without sacrificing depth. The difference is efficiency. The quality is unchanged.
Vick Chauhan, Esq. is a transactional real estate attorney whose practice sits at the intersection of complex CRE capital markets and AI-native legal workflow. Barred in New York and Georgia and practicing nationally, he brings the judgment of a seasoned deal attorney with the efficiency of a practice built AI-first from inception.
What distinguishes LCM is perspective. Vick has spent years on the business and ownership side of commercial real estate, as a principal, operator, and sponsor navigating the same transactions, capital structures, and deal dynamics that his clients face. That experience is rare in legal practice. When you work with LCM, you work with an attorney who does not just understand your documents. He understands your deal.
Tell us about your transaction. We respond within one business day with a scoping call or flat-fee proposal.