Lauren P. Merdinger, Associate at our Phoenix law office
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Lauren P. Merdinger

Associate
Biography

Lauren Merdinger is a trusted advisor who brings clarity and confidence to clients navigating the complexities of commercial real estate transactions. Her practice encompasses a wide range of matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, development projects, joint ventures, leasing arrangements, and financing transactions involving mortgage loans, mezzanine debt, and CMBS structures. Lauren has significant experience with brokerage licensing issues, property management agreements and related matters involving the Arizona Department of Real Estate. She also is a key resource regarding remote online notarization issues.

Lauren represents both purchasers and sellers, as well as landlords and tenants, across diverse asset classes such as office (including medical office), retail, semiconductors, and hospitality. She also has substantial experience advising clients on transactions involving triple-net lease properties. Within the REIT sector, Lauren has handled both single-asset and large-scale portfolio transactions.

Her dedication to excellence has earned her recognition by The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch in Real Estate Law and Southwest Super Lawyers® Rising Stars. Outside of her legal practice, Lauren is also deeply committed to community engagement. She has served as Board Chair of St. Joseph the Worker and contributes her leadership to Providence College’s Young Alumni Leadership Committee.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona


Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., cum laude)
    • Editor-in-Chief, Arizona State Law Journal
    • Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
    • Dean’s Award Recipient
  • Providence College (B.A., Global Studies)
    • Minor in French
    • Dean’s List
    • Pi Delta Phi, French National Honor Society
    • Friars Club Member
  • Accent Français Language School, Montpelier, France (Advanced Language Studies)
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • Southwest Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars Edition, Real Estate (2025)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law (2024-2026)
  • Top Lawyers of 2024, Phoenix Magazine
  • Arizona Bar Foundation Top Pro Bono Attorney of the Year (2022)

Representative Transactions

  • Lead real estate attorney for a real estate developer’s joint ventures for development of master-planned commercial and industrial parks across Arizona, Texas, and California
  • Lead real estate attorney for national real estate investment firm regarding its acquisitions, totaling 17 net-leased office, retail, and industrial properties, consisting of over $300M in transaction volume, and 1.6MM+ square feet across 15 different states
  • Lead real estate attorney in land acquisition for an approximately $50 million, 250,000-square-foot industrial building
  • Represented several international semiconductor providers in real estate acquisitions for facilities in Arizona
  • Represented privately held industrial investment and development company in acquisition and the development of a 7,000,000+ square foot industrial development throughout Arizona
  • Represented national real estate developer in the development, leasing, and sale of a multi-phase industrial development of more than 2,500,000 square feet of industrial property, and the development of additional properties in Arizona, Utah, and California
  • Represented Texas-based real estate development and management company regarding its lease negotiations and property management matters for various shopping center assets
  • Represented an international REIT regarding numerous dispositions for single-asset and portfolio transactions
  • Represented a large, national real estate developer in numerous matters regarding the acquisition, development, and property management of commercial properties
  • Represented a large, national healthcare-focused real estate investment trust regarding the acquisitions of medical office buildings
  • Advised a large international investment owner/operator during property management process and form update
  • Assisted with title and survey review for a public university in connection with building construction and development

Previous Professional Experience

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Judicial Extern to The Hon. Judge Paul Sala (2016)
  • JDA Software Group, Inc., Legal Intern/Summer Associate (2016)
  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Real Estate Paralegal/Closing Coordinator (2014-2015)
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, Development Executive Assistant (2012-2014)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
  • AZ Commercial Real Estate Women (AZ CREW)

Community Involvement

  • St. Joseph the Worker
    • Board Chair (2021-2022)
    • Board Member & Development Committee Chair (2018-2023)
  • Providence College, Office of Institutional Advancement
    • Reunion Gift Committee Member (2022)
    • Reunion Gift Committee Chair (2017)
    • Young Alumni Leadership Council Committee (2013-Present)

Representative Presentations and Publications