Shams Merchant is a Texas Real Estate Leasing Attorney Who Knows How to Effectively Negotiate with Landlords and Protect Tenants.
As a leading commercial leasing attorney in Texas, Shams Merchant represents various tenants from national franchises with hundreds of locations to regional companies leasing or expanding their space in virtually every asset class in the market. Shams also represents tenants in lease disputes with landlords and is an expert in expeditiously resolving various lease disputes. He also routinely represents a wide range of tenants who are leasing space in the following asset types:
- Business Park Leasing
- Office Building Leasing (Classes A, B, and C)
- Medical Office Leasing
- Restaurant Leasing
- Retail Leasing
- Leasing for Regional & Power Center Shopping Centers
- Industrial and Warehouse Project Leasing
- Mixed-Use & Lifestyle Development Leasing
- Medical, Dental & Hospital Leasing
Each year, Shams successfully completes over $100 million in commercial leasing transactions for tenants nationwide but particularly in Texas. Tenants also rely on Shams’ commercial leasing expertise to expeditiously resolve complex lease disputes regarding common area maintenance charges, construction of the premises, breach of contract, and various other matters.
About Tenant Leasing Attorney Shams Merchant
With experience working on more award-winning ULI real estate projects than any other real estate attorney under the age of 35 and over $3.2 billion in transactions, Shams is a leader in Texas commercial real estate and private equity law, representing clients nationwide on the purchase, sale, development, leasing and financing of commercial real estate projects between $1 to $200 million, including retail, mixed-use, office, industrial, hospitality, restaurant & bars, and multi-family. Shams also represents clients in joint-ventures, business structuring, entity formation, and fund formations (including 506(c) and 506(b) offerings). Shams is also one of the few attorneys in Texas with in-depth experience in real estate disputes and litigation, including breach of real estate contracts, breach of leases, CAM calculations and other complex leasing disputes, brokerage commission disputes, property tax litigation, disputes between partners and shareholders, deed restriction disputes, real estate fraud and title and boundary disputes. Shams believes access to sophisticated and responsive counsel should not cost a premium. With that in mind, Shams provides a cost-effective and value-added service to his clients, whether they are new to the real estate or private equity business or a seasoned player. In furtherance of that principle, Shams proactively provides his clients with new ways to track and quantify value, from using technology to improve service delivery to offering bespoke alternative fee arrangements. By working with his clients to reduce their legal spend, Shams has helped his clients increase their ROI on real estate projects and the overall profitability of their businesses. As the leading authority in Texas commercial real estate law, Shams was recently featured in the Houston Business Journal, Dallas Business Journal, and The Real Deal for his work. His clients’ real estate projects have also been featured on numerous regional and national industry publications.
For more information on Shams Merchant’s tenant leasing practice, please contact Shams Merchant via email at shams@mwfirm.com or by phone at (832) 451-2594