OVERVIEW

As a Massachusetts commercial real estate and business attorney, Allen Hankins has closed hundreds of millions of dollars in business and real estate transactions over his career. His experience includes the financing, purchase, sale, and leasing of commercial properties; negotiating joint venture and partnership arrangements; entity restructuring and governance; and financing and securities work in connection with private placement offerings.

Allen consistently achieves successful outcomes in sophisticated commercial and business transactions. His client portfolio includes commercial landlords, tenants, developers, retail businesses, and manufacturers. By carefully structuring transactions with multiple moving parts and consistently meeting critical deadlines, Allen maximizes efficiency, saving clients time and money.

Highly disciplined, always curious, and ever amiable, Allen is dedicated to understanding each client’s business and delivering outstanding work product. He thrives under the constant challenge of negotiating with and productively influencing deal constituents. Notably, his agility and people skills are often the key to keeping even the most difficult transactions on track. Allen approaches opposing counsel collaboratively and creatively, while ensuring his clients’ objectives are fully achieved.

Prior to joining Bernkopf, Allen interned with a global asset management firm, where he focused on investment product structure and disclosure, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance. As a result, he delivers important insight into understanding how institutional finance and investing work from the inside out. Additionally, Allen served as summer counsel at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, working on employment, housing, and government benefits matters.

In 2018, Allen successfully completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) course Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment.

Credentials

Education

  • Suffolk University, J.D., summa cum laude
  • University of Wyoming, Bachelors

Bar Admission

Massachusetts

Recognition

  • Named a Top Lawyer by Boston magazine, 2021-2025
  • Named a “Go To Business Transactions Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2024, 2026
  • Recipient of the “Up & Coming Lawyer” award by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2021
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® inaugural Ones to Watch list, 2021-2023
  • Listed on the Ones to Watch list published by the New England Real Estate Journal, 2019
  • Selected for inclusion in the Rising Stars edition of Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2015-2026
  • Completed Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Matters & Transactions

  • Simultaneous closing of $42 million syndication and mortgage and mezzanine loans totaling $276 million secured by portfolio of properties located in Boston
  • Representation of developer in acquiring and financing properties in South Boston totaling 21 acres, which have been permitted for 3.8 million square feet of new development across 11 mixed-use buildings
  • Simultaneous closing of 19 loans totaling $134M secured by various multifamily properties in the Boston area valued at over $270M
  • Representation of publicly traded company in connection with three sale-leaseback transactions with combined value of nearly $400 million
  • Represented founders in equity and asset sale of aviation business that provided jet charter, maintenance and repair, and commuter airline service at five fixed-base operations across Massachusetts and Florida
  • Acquisition and loan for multifamily and retail complex in Framingham, Massachusetts totaling $70M

As a Massachusetts commercial real estate and business attorney, Allen Hankins has closed hundreds of millions of dollars in business and real estate transactions over his career. His experience includes the financing, purchase, sale, and leasing of commercial properties; negotiating joint venture and partnership arrangements; entity restructuring and governance; and financing and securities work in connection with private placement offerings.

Allen consistently achieves successful outcomes in sophisticated commercial and business transactions. His client portfolio includes commercial landlords, tenants, developers, retail businesses, and manufacturers. By carefully structuring transactions with multiple moving parts and consistently meeting critical deadlines, Allen maximizes efficiency, saving clients time and money.

Highly disciplined, always curious, and ever amiable, Allen is dedicated to understanding each client’s business and delivering outstanding work product. He thrives under the constant challenge of negotiating with and productively influencing deal constituents. Notably, his agility and people skills are often the key to keeping even the most difficult transactions on track. Allen approaches opposing counsel collaboratively and creatively, while ensuring his clients’ objectives are fully achieved.

Prior to joining Bernkopf, Allen interned with a global asset management firm, where he focused on investment product structure and disclosure, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance. As a result, he delivers important insight into understanding how institutional finance and investing work from the inside out. Additionally, Allen served as summer counsel at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, working on employment, housing, and government benefits matters.

In 2018, Allen successfully completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) course Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment.

Education

  • Suffolk University, J.D., summa cum laude
  • University of Wyoming, Bachelors

Bar Admission

Massachusetts

  • Simultaneous closing of $42 million syndication and mortgage and mezzanine loans totaling $276 million secured by portfolio of properties located in Boston
  • Representation of developer in acquiring and financing properties in South Boston totaling 21 acres, which have been permitted for 3.8 million square feet of new development across 11 mixed-use buildings
  • Simultaneous closing of 19 loans totaling $134M secured by various multifamily properties in the Boston area valued at over $270M
  • Representation of publicly traded company in connection with three sale-leaseback transactions with combined value of nearly $400 million
  • Represented founders in equity and asset sale of aviation business that provided jet charter, maintenance and repair, and commuter airline service at five fixed-base operations across Massachusetts and Florida
  • Acquisition and loan for multifamily and retail complex in Framingham, Massachusetts totaling $70M