Jeffrey (Jeff) Usow is a Senior Counsel in Mayer Brown’s Chicago office and served as a Firm Practice Leader for the global Real Estate Group. He has represented a number of investment advisors, real estate private investment funds, real estate investment trusts and real estate operating companies in a variety of matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, forward commitments and asset management activities.
He had significant experience with the real estate investment group of a Chicago-based insurance company, including loans for a variety of property types, equity participations, credit enhancements, workouts and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure. He also has been the real estate counsel in real estate private equity and real estate company acquisition transactions. In addition to being involved in transactions across the country, he has been involved in developing the firm’s international real estate practice.
Mr. Usow has been Chambers-rated, and clients in Chambers USA say that Jeffrey wins acclaim for “the ‘calming influence’ he has on transactions” (2017), “providing fast, thoughtful counsel” (2015), “showing complete dedication to his craft, the client and the transaction in hand” (2011), and that he is “very bright, astute and creative” (2010) when working for clients on complex real estate transactions. Jeffrey was also listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He also serves as Board member of the Wisconsin School of Business at UW-Madison, James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.