James T. Mayer is a Partner in Holland & Knight’s Chicago office, a Director on the firm's Management Committee and the Deputy Section Leader of Marketing for the firm's National Real Estate Practice, which is comprised of more than 250 real estate professionals – the largest domestic real estate department in the country. He concentrates his practice in commercial real estate law, including all aspects of real estate acquisition, development, leasing, operation, management and disposition. Mr. Mayer has represented real estate pension funds, investment advisory groups (for their own account and unrelated third parties), real estate investment trusts, national and international franchisors, financial institutions, commercial and residential developers and office, retail and industrial landlords and tenants. He also has significant experience in acquisitions of hotels, sports facilities development and real estate finance. In particular, Mr. Mayer was one of the principal attorneys who represented Miami-Dade County in connection with the drafting and negotiating of the development, management and operating agreements for the American Airlines Arena. Mr. Mayer was the Co-Chair of Holland & Knight’s national Retail Leasing and Development Team.