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Pina represents commercial, retail, office, developer, data center, industrial, health-care, and non-profit clients in real estate transactions and investments. She advises clients through the entire real estate process, including acquisition, due diligence, title review and analysis, development, leasing, sale, and licensing.
Pina regularly leads a team of seasoned real estate professionals in complex acquisition and development matters. She represents clients in all aspects of real estate acquisition and sale transactions, from drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements to reviewing and analyzing due diligence materials, preparing transaction documents, and ultimately closing the transaction. Pina guides institutional clients in their leasing transactions, representing both landlords and tenants in leasing warehouse and industrial centers, offices, hospitals, senior-living facilities, retail shopping centers, grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations, and restaurants.
In addition, Pina works with institutional owners and users of real estate such as office developers, healthcare providers, senior living facilities, grocery stores, and restaurants to manage their day-to-day real estate matters, including acquisitions, sales, and leases.
Pina also represents real estate investors and lenders, providing support and analysis on real estate issues that may affect the collateral. Additionally, she represents food growers and producers, assisting them in acquiring and developing real estate for their operations.
Pina is a regular instructor with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, presenting on various issues, including easements, leasing, and negotiation. Pina is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
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Each year, McNees celebrates individuals among its attorneys and colleagues who truly personify the spirit of our firm by living out our core values in extraordinary ways. This year, we are honoring three colleagues, Giuseppina (Pina) McCarthy, Tena Cox, and Frank Lavery, who have gone above and beyond for the meaningful impact they have made […]
On April 30, McNees Real Estate attorneys Helen Gemmill and Giuseppina McCarthy presented “Understanding Easements 2025” , a Pennsylvania Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education program, to Pennsylvania attorneys. Giuseppina and Helen discussed easement creation, drafting express easements, litigation disputes, and other areas relating to easements for real estate associated with people, vehicles, utilities, pipelines, stormwater, […]
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