Mr. Sidell has represented numerous large and small businesses over his more than 35 years of practicing commercial real estate law and complex business litigation. Mr. Sidell has been able to draw on a wealth of practical experience having been an entrepreneur in real estate development, construction, property management, and a myriad of other businesses. Mr. Sidell began his career in the real estate business as a broker in Massachusetts. Mr. Sidell understands from a client’s perspective of what businesses want from their legal representation, having been involved in several businesses for many years with a need for lawyers to counsel the businesses.
Mr. Sidell has represented commercial property owners and developers as well as large retail tenant chains for commercial leases, complex acquisitions, complex financing, entity formation, landlord-tenant issues, and land use. Mr. Sidell has also represented numerous business clients for litigation including partnership disputes, partition petitions, loan disputes, foreclosures, title disputes, zoning disputes, corporate malfeasance, and condominium and home owners association disputes.
Some of Mr. Sidell’s most notable clients have been Walmart, Barbour, Brooks Pharmacy, Encore Books, Boston Realty Advisors, and Lauriat Books.
Mr. Sidell received his J.D. Degree from Suffolk University in 1987 following receiving his B.S. Degree from Boston College. Mr. Sidell began his career in the real estate business in 1981 in Boston and has owned or been a part of brokerage firms, construction companies and real estate development firms.
Mr. Sidell began his legal career as corporate in-house counsel for a large public corporation. Mr. Sidell has twice been named a Super Lawyer in Boston Magazine in 2004 and 2005 for being in the top 5% of real estate lawyers in Massachusetts. Mr. Sidell has been a Divisional and State volunteer Officer of the International Council of Shopping Centers, an international retail real estate trade group that boasts more than 55,000 members. Mr. Sidell opened his own law practice in 1992 and has represented a number of individuals, lenders and corporations in the areas of real estate. Mr. Sidell is licensed to practice law in Florida, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and is a member of the bar of the United States District Court of Massachusetts, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.