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Elizabeth Sharrer

Partner and Firm Chair

555 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202
P 303.295.8484
OVERVIEW

Liz works with owners, lenders, tenants, and investors to successfully structure and close transactions that realize value from their commercial real estate assets.

Strategic Advisor: Liz ‘s extensive experience in complex real estate transactions runs the gamut of office, retail, and multi-use development issues, allowing her to deliver creative, practical, and successful solutions for her clients in every deal.

35 Years’ Experience: Liz offers her commercial real estate clients over 35 years’ experience in a complex and constantly evolving field. She has also served in other strategic leadership roles, including as the first Administrative Partner in the firm’s Denver office, head of the Real Estate Practice Group, and an elected member of the firm’s Management Committee. She currently serves as the Chair of Holland & Hart’s Management Committee.

EXPERIENCE

Experience

  • Acquisitions and sales 
  • Leasing 
  • Land use and annexation issues 
  • Green building issues 
  • Title matters 
  • Loan documentation 
  • Opinion letters
CLIENT RESULTS

Client Results

Representative Matters

  • Represents the developer of the premier multi-use developments in the Denver area in nearly all aspects of its developments

  • Represents national corporations in connection with the acquisitions, disposition, or restructuring of their real estate holdings
  • Represents national office, apartment, and residential developers in connection with acquisitions and subsequent development

  • Represents major office and retail landlords and tenants, as well as parties in complex build-to-suit or ground lease transactions

PRACTICES

Practices

Real Estate Development and Finance
Resorts, Lodging, and Leisure
NEWS AND INSIGHTS

News

Best Lawyers® Names 18 Lawyers of the Year and 175 Best Lawyers from Holland & Hart, 08/15/2018
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 05/03/2018
Holland & Hart Attorneys Listed in 2018 Colorado Super Lawyers Magazine, 03/26/2018
Best Lawyers® Names 21 Partners 2018 "Lawyer of the Year" and 183 Attorneys to Best Lawyers in America© List, 08/15/2017
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 05/26/2017
Holland & Hart Attorneys Listed in 2017 Edition of Colorado Super Lawyers Magazine, 03/15/2017
Holland & Hart Colorado Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers® List, 8/15/2016
Chambers USA 2016 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 5/27/2016
Holland & Hart Named Among “50 Best Law Firms for Women”, 2014
Holland & Hart Attorneys and Practice Groups Recognized by Chambers USA, 5/27/2014
71 Holland & Hart Attorneys Named 2014 Colorado Super Lawyers®, 3/14/2014
Firm Chair Liz Sharrer profiled in Law360: "Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer", 1/15/2014
Chair-Elect Liz Sharrer profiled in the Denver Business Journal: A new world for law firms, 10/25/2013
Holland & Hart Names Elizabeth Sharrer as Chair of the Firm’s Management Committee, 10/21/2013
Chair-Elect Liz Sharrer profiled in Law Week Colorado: Sharrer Will Lead Holland & Hart In 2014, 10/21/2013

Speaking Engagements

"Optimizing Talent: A Conversation with Women Law Firm Chairs," Panel Presentation, Diversity and Flexibility Alliance Conference, Washington D.C, March 2016
"Alternative Metrics For Assessing Success In the Legal Profession," Panel Presentation, Colorado Women's Bar Association, Denver, Colorado, March 2015
"The Business Imperative for Diversity," Panel Presentation, Bloomberg BNA Big Law Diversity and Inclusion Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2015
"Open Conversation with Women Leaders: Women Empowering Women," Panel Presentation, Diversity and Flexibility Alliance Conference, Washington D.C., March 2014
"Exclusive Use Provisions in a Challenging Market," Colorado Real Estate Journal Retail Conference, June 2011
"When Do You Take Possession? Negotiating Conditions to Delivery, Opening and Rent Commencement," Colorado Real Estate Journal Retail Conference, June 2012
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

University of Michigan
J.D., 1980
University of Michigan
B.A., 1976

Bar Admissions

Colorado
RECOGNITION

Recognition

  • Colorado Super Lawyers®, Real Estate, 2009-2018
  • The Best Lawyers in America© Real Estate Law, 2009-2019
  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate, Eminent Practitioner, 2007-2018
  • Inaugural Flex Leader Award, Diversity and Flexibility Alliance, March 2014
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

  • Denver Women in Real Estate (WIRE), Chair 
  • U.S. Green Building Council, Colorado Chapter, Past President, Board of Trustees 
  • Stanley British Primary School, Past President, Board of Trustees
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