2025-Innovators in Commercial Real Estate-Christopher Palmese of Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Corporate Culture: How does your organization foster a culture of innovation among employees and leadership? Seyfarth has been first-to-market on many legal service delivery innovations, driven by our technology innovation team, Seyfarth Labs. Our commitment to transforming how our teams collaborate and work and how our clients experience the delivery of legal services has long-been one of Seyfarth’s core values and has earned us recognition across the industry, with numerous accolades celebrating our forward-thinking approach.

Innovative Outlook: Where do you see the biggest opportunities for innovation in the commercial real estate sector? Innovation will continue to improve how we communicate and share information across platforms, accelerating the due diligence process and enabling a more efficient and expedited transaction lifecycle for all types of real estate transactions. It will also continue to help to drive consistency and efficiency across legal services and minimize the reliance on manual processes when consummating a real estate transaction.