Linsey Cohen

Linsey Cohen became chair of Gould & Ratner’s real estate practice in 2020. Her 20+ years of deal-making experience spans every sector of real estate. She represents developers, owners, investors, property managers and builders with property interests in Chicago and throughout the U.S.  

Cohen advises an impressive roster of national clients, and over the past several years, matter highlights have included:  

• Negotiating leases for a discount supermarket chain in its aggressive nationwide expansion. 

• Helping one of the nation’s largest drugstore retailers execute its plans for strategic store development, through leasing, acquisition or, when appropriate, repurposing assets. 

• Representing Philz Coffee, a neighborhood-centric, hand-crafted coffee maker, in its strategic nationwide expansion, including its four Chicago-area locations that opened in 2019.  

• Representing a Pennsylvania-based national media company and radio network in office leases, sales and vendor agreements, among other matters, for its various markets.  

These are some of the reasons that we named Cohen to our Chicago & Midwest grouping of Lawyers in Real Estate. These are real estate attorneys who have distinguished themselves in both their practice and the larger community. 

An important aspect of Cohen’s practice is her active involvement in several real estate industry groups, including the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and CREW Network Chicago chapter. She also has been recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as a “Notable Women in Law” recipient for 2020.