Kevin Barker is a partner at the firm. His practice focuses on commercial real estate and business transactions.
Mr. Barker works on the acquisition, disposition, development, financing, leasing, and management of real estate assets. His practice encompasses a wide variety of asset types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, senior housing, and hotels. He routinely represents clients in connection with purchase and sale agreements, commercial leases, management agreements, licenses, loans, and closing documents. He also counsels clients regarding due diligence, business formation, and restructuring incident to transactions.
In addition to his transactional practice, Mr. Barker has substantial experience in litigating commercial real estate, business, and state administrative agency disputes. He has represented clients in high-stakes matters concerning the ownership, control, and management of real property and companies, as well as commercial lease disputes. He has obtained emergency injunctive relief for his clients, won cases on pretrial motions, and secured judgments and awards in his clients’ favor at trial and in arbitration. He has also won appeals in the Appellate Court of Maryland and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
He is the co-author of Maryland Real Property Law and Practice, a forthcoming book from LexisNexis.
Prior to joining BBS&G, Mr. Barker served as a law clerk to a U.S. District Judge.
