Carla Moynihan

Biography

Carla M. Moynihan is a partner in the real estate department at Sherin and Lodgen focusing on the disposition, acquisition, leasing, development, and financing of commercial real estate. Ms. Moynihan represents institutions, developers, retailers, individual investors, hospitals, medical professionals, hotels, state agencies, municipalities, and lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including negotiating and drafting letters of intent; term sheets for financing; purchase and sale agreements; land disposition agreements; development agreements; leases for all asset types; architectural and construction contracts; and CMBS/CRE loan documents.

A portion of her practice is also devoted to representing developers throughout the permitting process at federal, state, and local levels under the MA Environmental Protection Act, the MA Wetlands Act, Chapter 91, the MA Historical Commission, and numerous local boards, including the Boston Board of Appeal, and the Boston Planning and Development Agency. Ms. Moynihan is a frequent author and lecturer on land use development and real estate transactional matters and is currently a lecturer at BU School of Law teaching contract drafting.

Professional Associations

• Boston Bar Association, Former Co-chair of the Real Estate Section
• International Council of Shopping Centers
• NAIOP – Commercial Real Estate Development Association
• Women in Transportation

Community Involvement

• Boston University School of Law, Past President of Executive Committee
• MA Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Past President of Board of Directors

Honors and Awards

• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Top Women in Law (2017)
• Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the area of real estate since 2012
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of real estate law since 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)
• Listed in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® in the area of real estate law since 2009 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media Inc.)
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell™ in the areas of real estate, land use, environmental law, government, and transportation (Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings is a trademark. AV Preeminent is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc.)
• Boston University School of Law’s Young Lawyer’s Chair Award

Admissions

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State of Connecticut