Fried Frank
Fried Frank is in Chambers’ top band for nationwide real estate and in Legal 500’s top tier for large-cap real estate. Its most visible recent role in SEC filings is a governance one: independent counsel to the special committee when Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance agreed to sell its roughly $9 billion loan portfolio to Athene. A board committee hires its own counsel when it wants advice separate from the company’s lawyers.
Last verified: 2026-10-20
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Private law partnership.
Not scored. Chambers and Legal 500 positions shown as published.
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At a glance
| Legal entity | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP |
| Headquarters | Multiple U.S. offices (headquarters not stated in the sources we read) |
| Segment | Real estate transactions |
| Scale (as published) | Chambers Real Estate Nationwide Band 1; REITs Band 4 |
| Score | Unscored |
What the sources reveal
Fried Frank is in Chambers’ top band for nationwide real estate and in Legal 500’s top tier for large-cap real estate. Its most visible recent role in SEC filings is a governance one: independent counsel to the special committee when Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance agreed to sell its roughly $9 billion loan portfolio to Athene. A board committee hires its own counsel when it wants advice separate from the company’s lawyers.
Key facts
| Fact | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Chambers USA 2026 Real Estate: USA Nationwide, Band 1 (15 years ranked). | source | |
| Chambers USA 2026 REITs: USA Nationwide, Band 4. | source | |
| The Legal 500 US Real estate large cap ($500m+): Tier 1. | source | |
| Chambers: known for acquisitions, dispositions, developments and leases, plus financings, capital markets issuances and complex restructurings and recapitalizations. | source | |
| Independent legal advisor to the special committee of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance on the sale of its ~$9B commercial real estate loan portfolio to Athene (Jan 2026). | source |
Who it’s actually for
- Owners and developers with large New York assets, and boards needing independent counsel on related-party deals.
What we could not verify
- Fees and billing rates.
- Headcount of the real estate group, unless the firm states it.
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Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
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- Profile published from sources read this day.
Sources
- Chambers USA 2026, Real Estate: USA Nationwide ranking table · accessed 2026-10-20
- Chambers USA 2026, REITs: USA Nationwide ranking table · accessed 2026-10-20
- The Legal 500 United States, Real estate: large cap ($500m+) firm rankings · accessed 2026-10-20
- Chambers USA 2026, Fried Frank, Real Estate department profile · accessed 2026-10-20
- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 8-K, Ex. 99.1 (Jan 28, 2026): loan portfolio sale to Athene · accessed 2026-10-20
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