Member

Lauren B. Ades

Lauren Ades is a Member with PK Law and Chairs the firm’s Corporate and Real Estate Group. She has significant experience in the areas of corporate and business law, commercial financing and real estate. She advises clients in mergers and acquisitions, business formation and business and real estate transactions that range from the relatively simple to highly complex.

Ms. Ades’ clients include individuals, commercial developers, private investors, lenders, commercial real estate owners and other business owners.

Some of Ms. Ades’ representative transactions are:

Corporate, partnership and individual tax matters and tax planning
Formation, reorganization and dissolution of business entities
Commercial leases (office, industrial and shopping centers)
Commercial lending transactions on behalf of borrowers, banks and institutional lenders
Private placement/investment transactions
Real estate acquisitions and dispositions
Resolution of shareholders dispute
Debt restructuring
Business acquisitions and dispositions (stock and asset sale)
Resolution of business contract dispute
Employment contracts/independent contractor agreements
IRS and state tax controversy matters

Education

New York Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2006
Emory University, Goizueta Business School, B.A. with Distinction, 2003

Bar Admission

Maryland, 2006

Community Involvement

Board Member, The Associated Board of Directors
Member and past Chair, IMPACT Board, the young adult division of The Associated
Board Member, Center for Jewish Education

Awards

Selected “Best Lawyers in America ®” for Corporate Law and Real Estate Law, 2021 – 2026
Selected “Best Lawyers in America ®” for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2026
Harry Greenstein Young Leadership Award, 2018
VIP Award, The Daily Record, 2013
“Leading Women”, The Daily Record, 2015