Carla M. Moynihan has focused her practice on the disposition, acquisition, leasing, development, and financing of commercial real estate for over 15 years. Ms. Moynihan represents institutions, developers, retailers, individual investors, hospitals, medical professionals, hotels, public entities, 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 retail, office, medical office, or industrial landlords or tenants; and CMBS/CRE loan documents for lenders or borrowers.

A significant amount of her practice is also devoted to representing clients throughout the permitting and public approval process at the federal, state, and local levels on land use and zoning issues under the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act, the Massachusetts Wetlands Act, Chapter 91, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, and numerous local boards, including the City of Boston Board of Appeal, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and various architectural/landmark commissions.

Ms. Moynihan is a frequent author and lecturer on land use development and real estate transactional matters and is currently an adjunct faculty at both the New England School of Law and the Boston University School of Law, where she teaches contract drafting.

EDUCATION

—	J.D., with honors, Boston University School of Law, Environmental Law, Young Lawyer's Chair Alumni Award
—	B.A., Connecticut College, Government and History

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

—	American Bar Association, Acquisitions Editor for the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
—	Boston Bar Association, Former Co-chair of the Real Estate Section
—	Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, Inc.
—	International Council of Shopping Centers
—	Massachusetts Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Committee
—	NAIOP – Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Massachusetts Chapter
—	Women's Transportation Seminar

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

—	Boston University School of Law, President-Elect of Executive Committee
—	United Way, Real Estate and Building Industry Leadership Committee
—	Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Past President of Board of Directors
—	Town of Belmont, Planning Board and Belmont Housing Trust, 2007 to 2010

HONORS AND AWARDS

—	Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the area of Real Estate for 2012
—	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.)
—	Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Real Estate Law for 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.)
—	Boston University School of Law's Young Lawyer's Chair Award