Chukwuma (Chuma) M. Offor

Senior Attorney


Chuma Offor is a senior attorney in Dykema's Chicago Office. He specializes in commercial real estate transactions including leasing, financing, and dispositions and acquisitions. Chuma has negotiated complex office, retail and industrial leases for landlords and national tenants across the country; represented lenders in multimillion dollar loan transactions; and negotiated complex purchase and sale agreements for buyers and sellers (including multiple sale leaseback transactions).

Chuma received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated cum laude, and with an honors distinction in the area of real estate. As a law student, Chuma worked with the UW Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, where he advised entrepreneurs and startups on a variety of legal matters. He also volunteered for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), where he provided free income tax return preparation services to individuals in his local community. Chuma also served on the executive board of his law school’s Black Law Students Association.

Chuma received his B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he double majored in Finance, Investment & Banking and Management & Human Resources. During his undergraduate studies, Chuma competed as a member of the University of Wisconsin Men's Football Team where he was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Honors recipient.

    • University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2017, Real Estate Certificate, with honors
    • University of Wisconsin – Madison, B.B.A., 2012
  • Bar Admissions

    • Illinois, 2017
    • Wisconsin, 2017
    • Chicago Bar Association

    • Illinois State Bar Association

    • Wisconsin State Bar Association