Lin Pang

Senior Counsel

Lin Pang

Lin Pang represents local, regional and national businesses, real estate ventures, Proptech firms, owners, purchasers, lenders and developers in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, construction, financing and development projects. Lin works with developers, owners and operators of multi-family, hotel and office projects. She regularly represents banks, owners, developers and investors in structuring and negotiating major real estate and finance transactions, including structuring and closing acquisitions, sales and financings of office, industrial, retail and multi-family projects. Lin has drafted and negotiated leases and space leases for medical office, warehouse, industrial, retail, restaurant, general office and data centers.

In addition to her commercial real estate practice, Lin has worked with various technology companies, individual entrepreneurs, early stage, and venture-backed investors on electronic commerce and internet law matters, incubation strategies, asset-based tokenization, the use of distributed ledger or Blockchain-enabled means for businesses, real estate tokenization and PropTech transactions.

Publications:

Regulatory framework for CBDs and GSCs: IMF’s policy paper, “Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications” | Insights | DLA Piper Global Law Firm
“Future-proofing real estate businesses with ESG metrics and blockchain technology,” DLA Piper Real Estate Gazette, October 31, 2022
“Is Blockchain the key to a More ESG-Compliant Supply Chain?” FTI Consulting, January 26, 2022″
“Wyoming takes a step ahead to clarify the legal status of decentralized autonomous organizations,” DLA Piper Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends, March 22, 2021
“OCCs Interpretive Letter on banks authority to participate in INVNs and use stablecoins for payment activities,” DLA Piper Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends, January 22, 2021
“New Jersey Senate considers crypto license bill,” DLA Piper Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends, December 22, 2020
“Regulatory framework for CBDCs and GSCs: IMF’s policy paper, Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications,” DLA Piper Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends, November 23, 2020
“ProTech in the United States – where we’re heading Part III – Smart buildings – data is the new gold, keep it secure,” DLA Piper featured article, March 2, 2020
PropTech in the United States – where we’re heading Part II – Real estate security tokens – potential challenges, potential benefits, DLA Piper featured article, September 4, 2019
“PropTech in the United States – where we’re heading Part I – Blockchain-based smart contracts and transaction automation,” DLA Piper featured article, July 25, 2019
Why we need Proptech – now more than ever,” Baltimore Business Journal, June 7 – 13, 2019
“Transformative Investments,” CCIM Institute, November 2017
Panelist of the Presentation “Tokenization of Real Estate” at the Sustainable Housing Program organized by Fintech4Good.
Speaker at the Maryland Legal Excellence Week for presentation “Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Data Privacy and Security.”
Speaker at the Maryland Legal Excellence Week for presentation “Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and Commercial Real Estate.

Admitted:

New York

Maryland

District of Columbia

Education:

University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 2006)

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (J.D. 2010)

Practice Areas:

Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions

Real Estate Financing and Development

Real Estate Leasing

Rankings:

Chambers USA, Maryland Real Estate (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

According to the clients, “She does a terrific job on the projects she handles for us,” “She is responsive and extremely well versed in her area of expertise,” “I was amazed with everything she did. She kept everything on-point; her attention to detail was remarkable.” – Chambers USA