January 2018
Vantage Law Group partner Jim Wilson recently attended the grand opening of modern cocktail lounge The Sonder Shaker. The lounge replaced the former NYE’s Polonaise Room located in the Nicollet Island neighborhood. Sonder is part of the block’s redevelopment project that will include an apartment complex and retail space. Wilson worked on the lease agreement and is “Happy to provide legal services for a great new concept.”
May 2017
Philadelphia, PA – Vantage Law Group partner Joe Nuñez recently taught at ICSC University of Shopping Centers. The course was held at the Wharton business school at the University of Pennsylvania. With co-presenter Oscar Rivera, Nuñez spent almost four hours teaching attendees how to optimize the financial return on retail leases from both the landlord and tenant perspectives. Over 50 real estate professionals, lawyers and business people were treated to a dynamic conversational discussion covering all financial aspects of typical retail leases.
April 2017
Vantage Law Group is pleased to announce that partner Joe Nuñez has been elected a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). Admission to the College is by invitation only for attorneys through election by current Fellows of the College.
Nuñez received favorable recommendations of ACREL Fellows who concluded that he satisfies the College’s stringent membership criteria. The College, founded in 1978, convenes lawyers distinguished for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of real estate law.
Nuñez became a partner of Vantage Law Group in April 2015 after nearly 20 years with the Target Corporation Law Department, where he represented the company throughout a period of tremendous real estate expansion. For over three decades, Nuñez has effectively represented parties through difficult transactions and relationships and has become known as a facilitator of real estate transactions throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 2016 he was named one of 26 Top Latino Lawyers in the United States by Latino Leaders Magazine and has also been named a Super Lawyer by his peers in Minnesota.
Nuñez is a member of the State Bars of Minnesota and Arizona, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association, the Minnesota Shopping Center Association, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He earned his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the Washington University in St. Louis, and his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.