DLA Piper’s Real Estate Group in the United States of America has been recognized by Chambers and Partners as the leading real estate practice in the U.S. and has been ranked Number 1 in real estate by The International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers and the PLC Global Counsel Corporate Real Estate Handbook. We offer a full range of services in areas including acquisitions and disposals, construction, financing, hospitality and leisure, land use, planning and development, leasing, environmental law, insurance and tax.

The discussion that follows in this section is intended to address the basic features of the process of buying, selling, leasing and financing real property in the United States. However, the law applicable to real estate transactions differs from State to State so this discussion should not be considered a substitute for the in-depth legal advice that only an attorney, qualified in the applicable State and well versed in the peculiarities of its legal system, can give to his or her client.