Eric R. Allon

Eric Allon’s principal practice areas are real estate law and business law, with particular emphasis on commercial leasing, the acquisition, management and sale of properties, financing transactions, commercial loan workouts and residential and commercial development.

Eric is a leading member of our fiduciary practice group assisting clients in identifying and resolving fiduciary conflicts. His clients include commercial landlords, tenants of retail and office space, hotel and restaurant operators, fiduciaries, brokers, and lawyers. Eric’s clients often credit Eric’s responsiveness and business acumen with maximizing their business opportunities and minimizing their financial and legal risks.

• Real Estate Law
• Corporate and Business
• Fiduciary Practice Group
• Hospitality
• Banking and Finance
• Workouts and Restructurings
• COVID-19 Response Team

• Representation of Clarks Americas, Inc. in a lease transaction for its new Americas headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts
• Representation of Welch Foods, Inc., A Cooperative in lease transaction for its world headquarters in Concord, Massachusetts
• Representation of Fireman Capital Partners LLC and The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation in lease transactions for their offices at Watermill Center, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Representation of sellers for $100 million dollar multiple hotel sale and associated 1031 acquisitions of several properties
• Representation of borrowers for $79 million dollar ten-year, fixed-rate mortgages on 8 hotel properties in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
• Representation of companies and individuals in the purchase, development, management, financing and sale of commercial properties and businesses, including hotels, restaurants, bars, office buildings and retail properties
• Representation of landlords and tenants in complex lease transactions, including mixed-use properties, warehouse facilities, office buildings, strip malls, including drafting master leases for landlords and tenants

• Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Member
• AIPAC, Member in Real Estate Division

NEWS

• Mayor Wu’s Development Rate Hike Proposal
• Eleven Bernkopf Attorneys Recognized on 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers® Lists
• Nine Bernkopf Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in 2023 Best Lawyers in America® Publications
• Six Bernkopf Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers List
• PPP Loans and Taxes
• Six Bernkopf Goodman Attorneys Recognized on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers List
• Influencers In Net Lease - Eric Allon
• Now's the Time: Estate Planning During the Pandemic
• Benefits of Captives: They Can Insure Against Pandemics
• Estate Planning During a Pandemic Presents Tax Savings Window
• The Office is Not Dead: The Post Pandemic Workplace
• Eric Allon Named Top Influencer By Commercial Real Estate Publication
• Six Bernkopf Goodman Attorneys Recognized on 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List
• How Three Local Real Estate Companies Compete Successfully Against Giants
• Why Commercial Real Estate is Front and Center in the Chase for Talent
• Client Alert: Eric Allon's Corenet Podcast
• Bernkopf Goodman panel examines essential role technology has on CRE design, construction and connectivity
• Companies Cashing in on Underutilized Space
• 3 smart tech-savvy companies leading commercial real estate into the future
• Innovative changes ahead in short-term hotel stays and affordable housing
• Boston Business Journal Viewpoint: Real Estate Must Embrace Tech or Become Obsolete
• Ten Bernkopf Goodman LLP attorneys recognized as 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• New England Real Estate Journal Professional Profile: Eric Allon 2017
• General Counsel and the Headquarters Lease
• Eleven Bernkopf Goodman LLP attorneys recognized as 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Eric Allon: Super Lawyers
• Eric R. Allon, Partner at Bernkopf Goodman LLP, Named to Investopedia’s “5 Best Real Estate Lawyers in Boston” List
• The 5 Best Real Estate Lawyers in Boston
• Ten Bernkopf Goodman LLP attorneys recognized as 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• 4 Trends In Boston Real Estate Deals
• Six Bernkopf Goodman LLP attorneys selected for inclusion in 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Editions
• Capitalizing On New Maintenance And Expense Regulations In Real Estate
• Bernkopf Goodman Announces 6 Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in 2013 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
• Massive Development Proposals Never A Slam Dunk
• Challenges and Opportunities of a Family-Owned Real Estate Company
• Who profits at the tap? The liquor licensing authorities want to know
• Changing Landscape of Commercial Leasing
• Do Landlords Guarantee Payment of Tenant-Contracted Improvements
• Where Is The Money
• Current Trends for Landlords and Commercial Leasing Traps for the Unwary
• Commission Agreements and Other Ways to Protect Yourself: Tenant Representation, Commission Agreements, Broker Liability
• Restaurant Industry Panel Discussion
 

Articles

• Author of 2017 article in Today’s General Counsel Magazine, General Counsel and the Headquarters Lease
• Author of 2016 article in Banker & Tradesman, Massive Development Proposals Never A Slam Dunk
• Co-author of article 2014 in Banker & Tradesman, Capitalizing on New Maintenance and Expense Regulations in Real Estate
• Co-author of article 2012 article in New England Real Estate Journal, Changing Landscape of Commercial Litigation
• Co-author of 2011 article, Do Landlord’s Guaranty Payment of Tenant-Contracted Improvements?

PODCASTS

• Client Alert: Eric Allon's Corenet Podcast

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Retail and Restaurants Two Years into Pandemic: State of Affairs and Lessons Learned
• Recording available. Now's the Time: Estate Planning During the Pandemic
• Recording Available: Investing During and After the Pandemic
• Recording available for The Office is Not Dead: The Post Pandemic Workplace
• Recording available for The Future of Urban Neighborhoods in a COVID-19 World
• The Office is Not Dead: The Post Pandemic Workplace
• Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry Webinar Recording
• Webinar: Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry
• Breakfast Seminar: Innovations in Design and Construction and the Importance of Connectivity
• Eric Allon to speak at NAIOP on “Real Estate Law & the Ever Changing Commercial Landscape”
• Breaking Ground Podcast, Sidebar with Rachel Baime, Esq.: An Interview with an Exceptional Leasing Attorney
• Breaking Ground Podcast, Creating Neighborhoods, with Jesse Baerkahn of Graffito SP
• Speaker, The Intersection of Tech and Real Estate and the Chase for Talent, CoreNet Global North American Summit, 2018
• Moderator, Innovations in Design and Construction and the Importance of Connectivity, Bernkopf Goodman Breakfast Series, 2018
• Panelist on REFA Fundamentals: The Essentials of Commercial Purchase & Sale Agreements in 2018
• Keynote Speaker for Northeastern University Real Estate Club Alumni Event Real Estate, Technology and the Chase for Talent in 2018
• Moderator for Boston Bisnow The Future is Now. New Tech from the Ground Up and Inside in 2018
• Moderator for New England – Israel Business Council Disruptors in the Office Market: Risk and Opportunities in 2017
• Moderator for Bisnow State of the Market Leasing Panel in 2017
• Panelist on Current Trends for Landlords and Commercial Leasing Traps for the Unwary in 2014
• 2014 Commercial Broker Association Panelist to commercial real estate brokers: Commission Agreements and Other Ways to Protect Yourself, Tenant Representation, Commission Agreements, Broker Liability
• Presentation at Risk Management Conference Reducing Risks in Landlord/Tenant Relationship
• Presentation to brokers on new trends in leasing and Rent in Lieu of Commission provisions
• Panelist on Real Estate Ethics for the Commercial Brokers Association
• Presentation to NAIOP on Real Estate Law and The Ever Changing Commercial Landscape