M. James Spitzer, Jr. is a partner in Holland & Knightâs Real Estate Section and Co-Chairs the Institutional Investment Group. His clients include national real estate equity funds; local, national and multi-national developers and investors; and hotel owners, developers and/or operators. During his extensive career, he has acted as lead counsel in a variety of complex transactions including preferred equity investments and mezzanine loans, joint ventures, the sale of a publicly traded REIT, the sale of a multi-family portfolio owned by multiple partnerships to an UPREIT, redevelopment of regional malls, development of planned communities, and net lease and sale/leaseback transactions.