Fractional General Counsel for Commercial Real Estate Sponsors
AiMS Advisory helps CRE sponsors compress diligence, control legal spend, and preserve deal leverage with senior CRE legal judgment, fixed-fee predictability, and attorney-built workflows.
Lead Counsel for $2B+ in Commercial Real Estate Transactions.
Built by Michael A. Sulem, LL.M., former head of the U.S. legal function for a $6B+ AUM private equity real estate developer.
$2B+
Career Transaction Lead Counsel
$355M+
In 2025 Debt Financing Execution
75+
Anchor Consents Secured for Value-Add Strategies
Strategic Counsel.
Commercial Execution.
Built for the Way CRE Sponsors Actually Operate
Value-Add Retail / Mixed-Use Sponsors
For sponsors executing high-stakes repositioning. Leverage Michael’s experience securing 100+ national anchor consents and REA amendments to navigate lease restrictions, densification blockers, parking ratios, exclusives, and redevelopment friction.
CRE Private Equity Sponsors
Institutional-grade execution for high-volume deal teams. Directed the legal architecture for $2B+ in career transactions, providing senior oversight for acquisitions, debt execution, JV structuring, and repeatable diligence that preserves deal leverage.
Family Offices & Emerging Sponsors
Institutional infrastructure without the full-time GC carry. We install the institutional-grade methodologies and risk-triage workflows Michael developed while leading the legal function for a $6B+ AUM platform. We provide the same caliber of senior oversight and governance used at the highest levels of private equity, protecting your capital during acquisitions and capital events.
Institutional Platforms / Overflow Support
Senior overflow for overextended deal teams. Directed 100+ successful tenant dispute settlements and managed outside counsel spend control for a global private equity developer. We provide decision-ready redline strategy and document triage when your internal team is at capacity.
Attorney-Built Workflows. Senior CRE Judgment. Decision-Ready Output.
Your Deal Team Cannot Afford Legal Advice That Arrives After the Leverage is Gone
CRE risk is rarely isolated in one document. A lease restriction can impair a redevelopment plan. An REA consent right can control closing certainty. A title exception can become a financing issue. A JV governance flaw can trap capital, stall exit rights, or shift control when the deal goes sideways. AiMS is built to identify those issues early, translate them into negotiation strategy, and keep the transaction moving. AiMS turns legal review into a decision-ready work stream: what matters, why it matters, who must consent, what to ask for, and how to preserve leverage.