Pearl A. Zager

Shareholder

T: +1 (312) 609 7548 F: +1 (312) 609 5005

Chicago

Pearl A. Zager is a shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice Area. She has practiced real estate, corporate and business law since 1979. She handles all aspects of commercial real estate development, leasing and financing. She has extensive experience in traditional construction and permanent financing with various government programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Rural Development (f/k/a Farmers Home Administration), and other low-income housing loan/grant providers; as well as bond financing and securitization mechanisms. Ms. Zager counsels real estate clients on structuring, tax-deferred exchanges and other tax-advantaged matters.

Ms. Zager also handles the real estate and transactional needs of a wide range of businesses, from small, family-owned businesses to publicly traded companies, which span a variety of manufacturing, distribution, retail and service industries.

In 2011, Ms. Zager was named one of the Leading Illinois Commercial Real Estate Lawyers by Leading Lawyers Network.

• Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group Recognized in “Best of the Best 2011” Survey
• IRS Adopts Safe Harbor for Reverse Exchanges

• Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Distressed Real Estate Assets
• Finance and Transactions
• Health Law Corporate Services
• Legal Services for the Retail Industry
• Real Estate and Land Use
• Real Estate Finance

• J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1979
• B.S. (Finance), with honors, Florida Atlantic University, 1976

• Wisconsin, 1979
• Illinois, 1980

• Member, National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
• Member, American Bar Association