Mindy Wolin Sherman Partner

Mindy Wolin Sherman has more than 35 years of experience in the leasing, acquisition, disposition, development, and redevelopment of real estate, including retail, commercial, office, and hotel properties. Mindy is chair of the 2024 ICSC+U.S. Law Conference, was co-chair of the 2023 ICSC+U.S. Law Conference, and has been on the ICSC+U.S. Law Conference Planning Committee since 2015. She is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, served on the advisory board of the Georgetown University Advance Commercial Leasing Institute (now ACREL) for 15 years, and frequently speaks on the subject of retail leasing. Mindy is also co-chair of the firm’s Leasing practice.

Mindy also has extensive experience handling all real estate aspects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of all types of entities and she advises clients on the redevelopment and redeployment of their real estate assets. Additionally, Mindy served as a member of the firm’s Coronavirus Client Service Team and advised real estate clients on issues relating to the pandemic.

Mindy is the former general counsel of Urban Retail Properties Co., a major shopping center development and management firm. Since her return to private practice, she has continued to focus her practice on all aspects of the retail world, with an emphasis on assisting her clients in maximizing the value of their assets. Mindy is the head of a team of Perkins Coie lawyers and paralegals that advises clients with respect to the management, leasing, and disposition of retail properties.

In her leasing counsel, Mindy aims to ensure that all parties recognize that they are entering into a long-term relationship. Mindy’s clients rely on her people-centric approach, which effectively harnesses the interplay of the business objectives, legal issues, and operational needs associated with these relationships.