About

Real Estate Counsel Built for the Business of Real Estate. 

BASE Legal Group is a modern real estate law firm serving buyers, sellers, owners, businesses and individuals throughout the New York metropolitan area, with a focus on residential real estate transactions and outside general counsel services for real estate–related businesses. 

We combine legal counsel with a sophisticated understanding of real estate, finance and business. Our objective is straightforward: help clients structure transactions, solve problems and get deals closed. 

Legal advice informed by how transactions actually work. 

A Different Kind of Real Estate Law Firm 

Real estate transactions are rarely just legal matters. 

Financing, valuation, economics, timing, risk allocation, negotiation and business strategy all affect whether a transaction ultimately works. 

BASE Legal Group was built around that reality. 

Our approach combines traditional legal counsel with the commercial perspective of professionals who have worked across law, banking, corporate finance, valuation, investment and real estate advisory. 

That means we don't simply review the documents. We understand the deal behind them. 

More Than Legal Analysis 

We Think Like Businesspeople. 

Legal documents exist within transactions. 

And transactions exist within businesses. 

Understanding that distinction matters. 

A purchase agreement may allocate risk perfectly and still produce a bad investment. A financing arrangement may be legally acceptable while creating financial constraints the borrower did not anticipate. A contract provision that appears minor can have significant economic consequences down the line. 

Our approach begins with a simple question: 

What is the client actually trying to accomplish? 

We then work backward from that objective to determine the appropriate legal and transaction strategy.