Profile
Joseph R. Rudas is a shareholder in the Real Estate Practice of Greenberg Traurig’s Chicago office. He represents public and private institutions, national lenders and real estate investment funds in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financings, developments, joint venture formations and leasing.
Concentrations
- Acquisitions and dispositions
- Partnerships and joint ventures
- Development
- Real estate
- Ground Leasing
- Business transactions
- Lending and finance
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented a joint venture in acquiring and financing 29 medical office buildings, which included loan assumptions from 7 different lenders, for a purchase price of approximately $600 million.
- Represented a joint venture in connection with the recapitalization of 54 medical office buildings located across the country for a purchase price of approximately $743 million.
- Represented a joint venture in connection with the acquisition and leaseback of 20 medical office buildings throughout North Carolina from an integrated health system, which required negotiation of ground lease for multiple sites.
- Represented a joint venture in acquiring a 4 building medical office/hospital portfolio, which included negotiating comprehensive amendments to the existing ground leases and navigating the client through a multitude of complex leasing, health care, compliance, title, and environmental matters affecting the properties.
- Represented a joint venture in connection with acquisition of 6 medical offices and acute surgery centers in five states, totaling approximately 200,000 square feet.
- Represented an affiliate of Dalfen Industrial in connection with its acquisition and financing of two industrial buildings located in Anaheim, California, which was the largest transaction in Orange County, California to close that year.
- Represented an affiliate of Dalfen Industrial in connection with its acquisition of a Class A, 340,080 square foot industrial facility in San Bernadino, California, including obtaining a $58.2M loan from an integrated institutional real estate investment firm.
- Represented a Fortune 500 in connection with the sale-leaseback of over 90 of its retail stores with a purchase price in excess of $1 billion.
- Hon. Rodolfo Garcia, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division, 2014-2015
- Law Clerk, Cook County Assessor’s Office, Legal Department, 2011-2012
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Ronald Bartkowicz, Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division, Fall 2011
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Real Estate Law, 2023-2024
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Illinois Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2022-2023
- Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2017-2018 and 2022
- Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2015 and 2022-2023
Credentials
Education
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J.D., cum laude, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, 2013
- Dean’s List
- Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law, Contracts, and Federal Income Tax
- B.A., with high honors, Butler University, 2009
Clerkships
- Hon. Rodolfo Garcia, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, 2014-2015
Admissions
- Illinois