Bachman, Katharine E.

Lawyer Overview

Kathy Bachman is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. She joined the firm in 1978.

Practice

Ms. Bachman's practice covers a broad spectrum of real estate development and financial transactions, including the representation of investors and developers in office, industrial, and research and development facilities and residential developments. She also represents institutional lenders in loan collection matters and landlords and tenants in commercial leasing matters (including high technology and biotechnology facilities). Ms. Bachman has a special interest in projects involving public/private partnerships and affordable housing.

Professional Activities

Ms. Bachman is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a member of the Boston Bar Association Council, and past co-chair of the real estate section of the Boston Bar Association. She is a prior president of New England Women in Real Estate, a 400-member professional organization for women involved in all aspects of the real estate industry. She served as a member of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency Single Family Advisory Committee, the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the New England Regional Advisory Committee of The Trust for Public Land, and as a trustee of Dickinson College. She also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Greater Boston Legal Services and the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. She chaired the Development and Finance Task Force of Boston 2000, a public-private advisory board participating in the planning process for the future development of air rights over Boston’s Central Artery.

Honors and Awards

• Named in the July/August 2011 issue of Real Estate Forum magazine among this year’s “Women of Influence”
• Named by Women's Business as one of the region's "Top 10 Corporate Lawyers"  (2008)
• Recognized for her exceptional real estate practice in each edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2004. Highlighted specifically in 2004 for "her ability to effectively marry extremely technical capability with a business outlook and political sensitivity."
• Named the 2012 Best Lawyers' "Boston Land Use & Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year" and is consistently selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2005-2012)
• Selected as a Boston Magazine "New England Super Lawyer" (or "Massachusetts Super Lawyer") in real estate from 2004 through 2011; also listed among the "Top 50 Female Massachusetts Super Lawyers" from 2006 through 2010

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Corporate and Transactional
• International
• Distressed Real Estate Solutions

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Transactions, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• New York University School of Law, 1978
  JD
• Dickinson College, 1975
  BA
  Honors: summa cum laude

Published Works

• Cloaked in Uncertainty: Treatment of "Stub Rent" in the Goody's and Stone Barn Retail Apparel Bankruptcies, 2009
• Massachusetts Amends Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Company Statutes, 2008
• Changes in Boston Development Regulations - Impact Advisory Groups, Affordable Housing Quotas, and Linkage Reform, 2001

Address

60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

Phones

+1 617 526 6216 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 617 526 5000 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wilmerhale.com