Christopher H. Collins focuses on zoning and land use law, historic preservation, municipal law, building code and foreign mission and international organization matters. He has considerable experience representing a broad range of clients, including residential, commercial, retail and industrial developers and development entities, financial institutions, asset managers, hotels, schools and universities, foreign governments, nonprofit organizations, religious institutions, and property owners and commercial tenants in all areas of land use law and real estate development. He represents clients before all of the federal and local land use agencies in District of Columbia.
Mr. Collins has lectured both locally and nationally on historic preservation, land use and foreign missions issues. He is also the author of numerous articles on issues involving building codes, zoning regulations, foreign missions and recent developments in land use law and related matters.
Mr. Collins has represented more than 50 foreign missions and international organizations in real estate matters, primarily relating to the acquisition, location, replacement and expansion of their facilities in Washington. He is a Counselor to the Meridian International Center.