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Laura A. Weingartner

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If you drive around Detroit or spot a solar, wind, or another renewable energy project, you'll likely see the results of Laura Weingartner's work.

Her real estate financing acumen, her ability to forge positive and productive working relationships with all parties to a deal, and her commitment to achieving her clients' goals have facilitated countless projects and transactions.

While Laura has varied and extensive experience handling a broad spectrum of real estate and financing transactions, her current practice focuses on complex renewable and alternative energy finance arrangements. Pragmatic and thorough, Laura has represented lenders in hundreds of loan transactions with solar, wind, and other renewable energy developers on projects ranging in size from modest to large utility-scale facilities.

The lenders Laura represents appreciate her deep industry knowledge and understanding of their concerns and priorities.

Laura also represents developers with site control, land use, and lease agreements and assists other corporate clients in negotiating solar and wind leases on their commercial real estate sites.

In her counsel, due diligence, and negotiations with other parties to a transaction, Laura knows the difference between issues that matter and those that merely delay or distract. This clears a path for the fruitful resolution of sticking points and leads to prompt and efficient closings.

In addition to her renewable energy finance practice, Laura handles all manner of commercial real estate transactions, including commercial leasing, acquisition, disposition, project siting and zoning, affordable housing development, and landlord-tenant litigation.

Laura has represented developers, investors, lenders, REITs, health care systems, manufacturers, municipalities, public school systems, religious institutions, and other public and private entities.

“Transactions work is teamwork. It requires trust, confidence, respect, and a spirit of collaboration in pursuit of a common goal. Building positive relationships with other parties while protecting my clients' interests is what leads to building the projects all parties want to see come to fruition.”
    • University of Detroit Mercy, J.D., magna cum laude, Law Review, Associate Editor
    • University of Michigan, M.A.
    • University of Michigan, B.A.

  • Bar Admissions

    • Michigan, 2005

    • Named to ConnectCRE’s “Lawyers in Real Estate” Listing, 2024

    • Included in Lawdragon's List of 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers, 2024 

    • Named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly's 2021 "Women in the Law" Listing

    • Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Real Estate, 2015

    • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Frank Murphy Honor Society

    • Dykema Women’s Business Initiative, Michigan Leader

    • State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Section and Business Law Section
    • American Bar Association, Forum on Community Development and Affordable Housing
    • Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
    • Barton Hills Village Planning Commission, Chair
    • Arabic
    • French
    • German

Contact

Detroit313-568-5417
Ann Arbor734-214-7660

Latest News and Insights

Press Releases12.13.24

Laura Weingartner Earns 2024 Lawyers in Real Estate Award From Connect CRE

Dykema, a leading national law firm, proudly announces that Laura Weingartner was selected to…

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Press Mentions8.16.21

Laura Weingartner Named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly's 2021 "Women in the Law" Listing

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that Laura Weingartner, Detroit-based…

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Legal Alerts6.16.16

Michigan Court of Appeals Interprets Process for Receivership Appointments

Michigan Court Rule 2.622 (the “Receivership Rule”) governs the appointment of receivers. The…

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