Peter M.Oxman
Partner
Real Estate
poxman@seyfarth.com
As a rare generalist in an increasingly specialized world, Peter has worked on all sides of deals in virtually every sector of the real estate industry.
More About Peter
Clients in the real estate industry face myriad challenges in their pursuit of business opportunities. Having worked on hundreds of transactions of varying size and complexity over his 30-year career as an attorney, Peter and his team work with clients to help them navigate the process and close their deals in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Whether representing developers, buyers, sellers, lenders, investors, property owners, tenants, or other stakeholders, clients appreciate that Peter's experience representing clients on all sides of transactions and his deep understanding of the legal and business issues they face helps them "cut to the chase" in evaluating risk and reaching compromise as needed.
Regardless of the size or complexity of a particular transaction, clients turn to Peter and his team for insightful advice and guidance, as well as superior client service.
From ground-up development of high-rise office buildings, massive apartment complexes and sprawling industrial parks to single-tenant industrial sites; from simple purchase and sale transactions to complicated financings and multijurisdictional portfolio transactions, Peter has successfully helped his clients close transactions in virtually all sectors of the real estate industry. He has also assisted clients in connection with wind, solar, and energy storage projects as well as traditional oil and gas transactions. Peter's experience includes representing US investors in transactions involving real estate in Latin America and representing Latin American investors in transactions in the US.
Peter's background and his extensive contacts and relationships with major industry players gives him a deep understanding and appreciation for the different perspectives of the various participants in real estate transactions. As a result, he is often able to anticipate issues before they are raised by opposing parties. He presents his clients with a variety of approaches and practical solutions that avoid delays and excessive negotiations.
Peter also brings creativity and ingenuity to the work he does for clients. For example, his work on the development, expansion, and redevelopment of regional malls enabled him to devise a unique solution to a redevelopment project where the anchors had vastly different ideas about how the mall should be operated. Recognizing that a single approach would not provide the flexibility that his developer client required, Peter was able to replace a 1970s-era construction operation and reciprocal easement agreement with two separate agreements, one for each end of the mall project. This enabled luxury anchors to maintain a fashion-oriented area at one end of the project, while mass merchandisers operated their respective stores as desired on the other end of the mall. This approach also allowed the developer to preserve rights to expand the project by limiting approvals to the anchors on the side of the mall that would be affected by such expansion. By limiting the number of parties with approval rights, the developer was able to focus on satisfying the anchor stores who would be most affected rather than having to satisfy all of the anchors.
Since joining Seyfarth in 2014, Peter has enjoyed being a part of one of the largest real estate practice groups in the country, which allows him to serve geographically diverse clients in a variety of sectors. His clients benefit from his ability to draw on the collective experience of more than 100 colleagues on the Seyfarth Real Estate team.
Regardless of the size or complexity of a particular transaction, clients turn to Peter and his team for insightful advice and guidance, as well as superior client service.
From ground-up development of high-rise office buildings, massive apartment complexes and sprawling industrial parks to single-tenant industrial sites; from simple purchase and sale transactions to complicated financings and multijurisdictional portfolio transactions, Peter has successfully helped his clients close transactions in virtually all sectors of the real estate industry. He has also assisted clients in connection with wind, solar, and energy storage projects as well as traditional oil and gas transactions. Peter's experience includes representing US investors in transactions involving real estate in Latin America and representing Latin American investors in transactions in the US.
Peter's background and his extensive contacts and relationships with major industry players gives him a deep understanding and appreciation for the different perspectives of the various participants in real estate transactions. As a result, he is often able to anticipate issues before they are raised by opposing parties. He presents his clients with a variety of approaches and practical solutions that avoid delays and excessive negotiations.
Peter also brings creativity and ingenuity to the work he does for clients. For example, his work on the development, expansion, and redevelopment of regional malls enabled him to devise a unique solution to a redevelopment project where the anchors had vastly different ideas about how the mall should be operated. Recognizing that a single approach would not provide the flexibility that his developer client required, Peter was able to replace a 1970s-era construction operation and reciprocal easement agreement with two separate agreements, one for each end of the mall project. This enabled luxury anchors to maintain a fashion-oriented area at one end of the project, while mass merchandisers operated their respective stores as desired on the other end of the mall. This approach also allowed the developer to preserve rights to expand the project by limiting approvals to the anchors on the side of the mall that would be affected by such expansion. By limiting the number of parties with approval rights, the developer was able to focus on satisfying the anchor stores who would be most affected rather than having to satisfy all of the anchors.
Since joining Seyfarth in 2014, Peter has enjoyed being a part of one of the largest real estate practice groups in the country, which allows him to serve geographically diverse clients in a variety of sectors. His clients benefit from his ability to draw on the collective experience of more than 100 colleagues on the Seyfarth Real Estate team.
- JD, Georgetown University Law Center
Cum laude
American Criminal Law Review staff member, 1988 - BA, Columbia College
Political Science
- Texas
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- Represented a Houston-based investment advisor and its institutional client in connection with a joint venture with a Houston-based developer for the acquisition of land and development in phases of a mixed-use project featuring multifamily and retail elements in Houston. Total investment in all phases is anticipated to be approximately $1 billion.
- Represented a Houston-based investment advisor and its institutional client in connection with the acquisition of a historic office building in Houston and the land acquisition, development, and construction financing of a new multi-story parking garage to serve the project.
- Represented a Houston-based investment advisor and its institutional client in connection with the formation of a joint venture with a Dallas-based developer for the redevelopment of a retail project in Dallas into a mixed-use multifamily and retail project and the construction financing of the redevelopment.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in multiple property acquisition transactions in Houston.
- Represented a California-based fund sponsor in the acquisition of student housing projects in Nevada, Minnesota, and South Carolina and the financing thereof, including a bridge loan.
- Represented an institutional investor in connection with the sale of two connected office buildings located in Boston for more than $100 million. This transaction went from letter of intent to closing in just over one month.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in connection with the development of an approximately 900-acre business park, including a joint venture with an international real estate development company and a fund sponsored by a major investment banking firm and sales of multiple parcels, including sales to two Fortune 50 companies for the development of a bottling plant and fulfillment center, respectively.
- Represented a New York-based student housing company in connection with the development of a high-rise project in Pittsburgh, including the negotiation of a development joint venture and construction financing.
- Represented a New York-based student housing company in connection with the acquisition of projects in Michigan and Minnesota.
- Represented an Omaha, Nebraska-based real estate company in the purchase of an apartment project in Houston including the assumption of existing indebtedness, and the sale of apartment projects in Dallas and Phoenix.
- Represented an institutional investor in connection with the acquisition of an apartment complex in the Austin, Texas, area.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition and subsequent financing of a portfolio of student living apartment complexes in California.
- Represented the lender in connection with the financing of a movie theater project in Colorado.
- Represented an institutional investor in connection with the financing of a shopping center in California.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition of an office building project in Nashville, Tennessee, involving the assumption of industrial revenue bonds.
- Represented the owner of a mixed use complex in Houston in a refinancing transaction as well as the sale of a retail portion of the project.
- Represented an institutional investor in the sale of a grocery anchored retail project in Dallas.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in the acquisition and subsequent sale of a retail site in Houston.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in the repurchase of property in Houston pursuant to a preferential right.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition of an apartment complex in Dallas.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition and financing of an office building in Houston.
- Represented a major energy company in the renewal of a lease covering approximately 900,000 square feet of space in multiple buildings in Houston.
- Represented an Omaha, Nebraska-based developer in the acquisition of property in Dallas and Houston for the development of apartments, the sale of a grocery-anchored shopping center in Houston and ground lease transactions with major retailers.
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- Recommended for Renewable/Alternative Energy, The Legal 500, USA (Legalese Ltd.) (2012)
- Recommended for Projects/Energy, The Legal 500, Latin America (Legalese Ltd.) (2012)
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- Law360, Real Estate Editorial advisory board (2013)
- Co-Author, "Ground Leases: Fundamentals, Financeability, and Other Drafting Considerations," TexasBarCLE (March 30, 2023)
- Co-Author, "10 Considerations for Landlords During the Coronavirus Crisis," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 19, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Merriman v. XTO Energy, Inc.--Texas Supreme Court Affirms Heavy Burden of Proof for Surface Estate Owners in Accommodation Case," 9 Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law 180 (2014)
- Speaker, Advanced Real Estate Drafting – 34th Annual Course – Ground Leases (March 30, 2023)
- Speaker, "Words Do Matter: the Story of Lease Guaranties," Session at ICSC's 2022 US Law Conference, Orlando, FL (October 27, 2022)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Tomato, Tomahto; Guaranty, Guarantee: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off and Pursue the Guarantors," 2021 ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference, San Francisco, CA (November 3, 2021)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Do the Due or Don’t do the Deal: Diligence in an ‘As Is’ World," 2019 ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2019)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Stranger Things: Keep Your Clients Out of the Upside Down when Negotiating Joint Venture Agreements," 2018 ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2018)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Law School Mentoring Program, Houston City co-chair, 2013-2016
- Harris County Municipal Management District No. 1 board of directors, 2002-2004
- City of Houston Planning Commission, 1997-1999
- Leadership Houston graduate, Class XIV
"Thanks for all of your help in getting this deal done. You have been a pleasure to work with and I have enjoyed getting to know you through this process. " —Joint venture client in $1 billion investment
As a rare generalist in an increasingly specialized world, Peter has worked on all sides of deals in virtually every sector of the real estate industry.
More About Peter
Clients in the real estate industry face myriad challenges in their pursuit of business opportunities. Having worked on hundreds of transactions of varying size and complexity over his 30-year career as an attorney, Peter and his team work with clients to help them navigate the process and close their deals in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Whether representing developers, buyers, sellers, lenders, investors, property owners, tenants, or other stakeholders, clients appreciate that Peter's experience representing clients on all sides of transactions and his deep understanding of the legal and business issues they face helps them "cut to the chase" in evaluating risk and reaching compromise as needed.
Regardless of the size or complexity of a particular transaction, clients turn to Peter and his team for insightful advice and guidance, as well as superior client service.
From ground-up development of high-rise office buildings, massive apartment complexes and sprawling industrial parks to single-tenant industrial sites; from simple purchase and sale transactions to complicated financings and multijurisdictional portfolio transactions, Peter has successfully helped his clients close transactions in virtually all sectors of the real estate industry. He has also assisted clients in connection with wind, solar, and energy storage projects as well as traditional oil and gas transactions. Peter's experience includes representing US investors in transactions involving real estate in Latin America and representing Latin American investors in transactions in the US.
Peter's background and his extensive contacts and relationships with major industry players gives him a deep understanding and appreciation for the different perspectives of the various participants in real estate transactions. As a result, he is often able to anticipate issues before they are raised by opposing parties. He presents his clients with a variety of approaches and practical solutions that avoid delays and excessive negotiations.
Peter also brings creativity and ingenuity to the work he does for clients. For example, his work on the development, expansion, and redevelopment of regional malls enabled him to devise a unique solution to a redevelopment project where the anchors had vastly different ideas about how the mall should be operated. Recognizing that a single approach would not provide the flexibility that his developer client required, Peter was able to replace a 1970s-era construction operation and reciprocal easement agreement with two separate agreements, one for each end of the mall project. This enabled luxury anchors to maintain a fashion-oriented area at one end of the project, while mass merchandisers operated their respective stores as desired on the other end of the mall. This approach also allowed the developer to preserve rights to expand the project by limiting approvals to the anchors on the side of the mall that would be affected by such expansion. By limiting the number of parties with approval rights, the developer was able to focus on satisfying the anchor stores who would be most affected rather than having to satisfy all of the anchors.
Since joining Seyfarth in 2014, Peter has enjoyed being a part of one of the largest real estate practice groups in the country, which allows him to serve geographically diverse clients in a variety of sectors. His clients benefit from his ability to draw on the collective experience of more than 100 colleagues on the Seyfarth Real Estate team.
Regardless of the size or complexity of a particular transaction, clients turn to Peter and his team for insightful advice and guidance, as well as superior client service.
From ground-up development of high-rise office buildings, massive apartment complexes and sprawling industrial parks to single-tenant industrial sites; from simple purchase and sale transactions to complicated financings and multijurisdictional portfolio transactions, Peter has successfully helped his clients close transactions in virtually all sectors of the real estate industry. He has also assisted clients in connection with wind, solar, and energy storage projects as well as traditional oil and gas transactions. Peter's experience includes representing US investors in transactions involving real estate in Latin America and representing Latin American investors in transactions in the US.
Peter's background and his extensive contacts and relationships with major industry players gives him a deep understanding and appreciation for the different perspectives of the various participants in real estate transactions. As a result, he is often able to anticipate issues before they are raised by opposing parties. He presents his clients with a variety of approaches and practical solutions that avoid delays and excessive negotiations.
Peter also brings creativity and ingenuity to the work he does for clients. For example, his work on the development, expansion, and redevelopment of regional malls enabled him to devise a unique solution to a redevelopment project where the anchors had vastly different ideas about how the mall should be operated. Recognizing that a single approach would not provide the flexibility that his developer client required, Peter was able to replace a 1970s-era construction operation and reciprocal easement agreement with two separate agreements, one for each end of the mall project. This enabled luxury anchors to maintain a fashion-oriented area at one end of the project, while mass merchandisers operated their respective stores as desired on the other end of the mall. This approach also allowed the developer to preserve rights to expand the project by limiting approvals to the anchors on the side of the mall that would be affected by such expansion. By limiting the number of parties with approval rights, the developer was able to focus on satisfying the anchor stores who would be most affected rather than having to satisfy all of the anchors.
Since joining Seyfarth in 2014, Peter has enjoyed being a part of one of the largest real estate practice groups in the country, which allows him to serve geographically diverse clients in a variety of sectors. His clients benefit from his ability to draw on the collective experience of more than 100 colleagues on the Seyfarth Real Estate team.
- JD, Georgetown University Law Center
Cum laude
American Criminal Law Review staff member, 1988 - BA, Columbia College
Political Science
- Texas
Related Services
Related Key Industries
- Represented a Houston-based investment advisor and its institutional client in connection with a joint venture with a Houston-based developer for the acquisition of land and development in phases of a mixed-use project featuring multifamily and retail elements in Houston. Total investment in all phases is anticipated to be approximately $1 billion.
- Represented a Houston-based investment advisor and its institutional client in connection with the acquisition of a historic office building in Houston and the land acquisition, development, and construction financing of a new multi-story parking garage to serve the project.
- Represented a Houston-based investment advisor and its institutional client in connection with the formation of a joint venture with a Dallas-based developer for the redevelopment of a retail project in Dallas into a mixed-use multifamily and retail project and the construction financing of the redevelopment.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in multiple property acquisition transactions in Houston.
- Represented a California-based fund sponsor in the acquisition of student housing projects in Nevada, Minnesota, and South Carolina and the financing thereof, including a bridge loan.
- Represented an institutional investor in connection with the sale of two connected office buildings located in Boston for more than $100 million. This transaction went from letter of intent to closing in just over one month.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in connection with the development of an approximately 900-acre business park, including a joint venture with an international real estate development company and a fund sponsored by a major investment banking firm and sales of multiple parcels, including sales to two Fortune 50 companies for the development of a bottling plant and fulfillment center, respectively.
- Represented a New York-based student housing company in connection with the development of a high-rise project in Pittsburgh, including the negotiation of a development joint venture and construction financing.
- Represented a New York-based student housing company in connection with the acquisition of projects in Michigan and Minnesota.
- Represented an Omaha, Nebraska-based real estate company in the purchase of an apartment project in Houston including the assumption of existing indebtedness, and the sale of apartment projects in Dallas and Phoenix.
- Represented an institutional investor in connection with the acquisition of an apartment complex in the Austin, Texas, area.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition and subsequent financing of a portfolio of student living apartment complexes in California.
- Represented the lender in connection with the financing of a movie theater project in Colorado.
- Represented an institutional investor in connection with the financing of a shopping center in California.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition of an office building project in Nashville, Tennessee, involving the assumption of industrial revenue bonds.
- Represented the owner of a mixed use complex in Houston in a refinancing transaction as well as the sale of a retail portion of the project.
- Represented an institutional investor in the sale of a grocery anchored retail project in Dallas.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in the acquisition and subsequent sale of a retail site in Houston.
- Represented a Houston-based developer in the repurchase of property in Houston pursuant to a preferential right.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition of an apartment complex in Dallas.
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition and financing of an office building in Houston.
- Represented a major energy company in the renewal of a lease covering approximately 900,000 square feet of space in multiple buildings in Houston.
- Represented an Omaha, Nebraska-based developer in the acquisition of property in Dallas and Houston for the development of apartments, the sale of a grocery-anchored shopping center in Houston and ground lease transactions with major retailers.
Related News & Insights
-
Firm News
08/15/2024
220 Seyfarth Attorneys Chosen as Leaders in Their Fields by Best Lawyers in America 2025
-
Recognition
08/17/2023
210 Seyfarth Attorneys Chosen as Leaders in Their Fields by Best Lawyers in America 2024
-
Speaking Engagement
Oct 27, 2022
Peter Oxman a Speaker for "Words Do Matter: the Story of Lease Guaranties" at 2022 ICSC US Law Conference
-
Recognition
Aug 18, 2022
Seyfarth Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2023
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law (Woodward/White Inc.) (2012-2025)
- Rated AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 in Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings (2019)
- Recommended for Renewable/Alternative Energy, The Legal 500, USA (Legalese Ltd.) (2012)
- Recommended for Projects/Energy, The Legal 500, Latin America (Legalese Ltd.) (2012)
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- Law360, Real Estate Editorial advisory board (2013)
- Co-Author, "Ground Leases: Fundamentals, Financeability, and Other Drafting Considerations," TexasBarCLE (March 30, 2023)
- Co-Author, "10 Considerations for Landlords During the Coronavirus Crisis," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 19, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Merriman v. XTO Energy, Inc.--Texas Supreme Court Affirms Heavy Burden of Proof for Surface Estate Owners in Accommodation Case," 9 Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law 180 (2014)
- Speaker, Advanced Real Estate Drafting – 34th Annual Course – Ground Leases (March 30, 2023)
- Speaker, "Words Do Matter: the Story of Lease Guaranties," Session at ICSC's 2022 US Law Conference, Orlando, FL (October 27, 2022)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Tomato, Tomahto; Guaranty, Guarantee: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off and Pursue the Guarantors," 2021 ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference, San Francisco, CA (November 3, 2021)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Do the Due or Don’t do the Deal: Diligence in an ‘As Is’ World," 2019 ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2019)
- Workshop Facilitator, "Stranger Things: Keep Your Clients Out of the Upside Down when Negotiating Joint Venture Agreements," 2018 ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference (October 24, 2018)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Law School Mentoring Program, Houston City co-chair, 2013-2016
- Harris County Municipal Management District No. 1 board of directors, 2002-2004
- City of Houston Planning Commission, 1997-1999
- Leadership Houston graduate, Class XIV
"Thanks for all of your help in getting this deal done. You have been a pleasure to work with and I have enjoyed getting to know you through this process. " —Joint venture client in $1 billion investment