Commercial Real Estate and Business Law

Representing business entities, private equity investors and individuals since 2007, the Law Office of Alan R. Hinaman, PLLC focuses on commercial real estate and business transactions, providing high quality legal services in a timely, responsive and cost effective manner.

Attorney Profile

Alan Hinaman has represented property owners, tenants, landlords, developers, brokers, investors and individuals on a broad range of commercial real estate transactions and general business matters for more than 25 years. Alan has extensive experience handling lease transactions, including office headquarters leases for corporate clients, retail leases for both landlords and tenants, and industrial leases for locations throughout the United States. Alan has also handled numerous purchase and sale transactions (including contract negotiation, due diligence, development matters and closing) involving office buildings, industrial facilities, retail centers, apartment complexes, farm and ranch property and raw land. He regularly drafts and negotiates related agreements, such as easements, restrictive covenants, license agreements and commission agreements. In addition, Alan consults with and advises borrowers on real estate loan transactions.

Alan also provides legal services in connection with business entity formation and operation, business acquisition and disposition, contract review, negotiation, and drafting, and related commercial transactions.

Alan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston in 1992 with a BBA in Accounting. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1995. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and its Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section. He is also a member of the American Bar Association.

Representative Experience


Representation of a Houston-based software company in connection with the leasing and subleasing of more than 1,500,000 square feet of office space nationwide.

Representation of a multinational EPC company in the negotiation of leases and subleases for more than 1,000,000 square feet, including its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas and office space in the United States and the Czech Republic, industrial facility leases in various locations in the United States, and the disposition of its former corporate headquarters campus in The Woodlands, Texas and industrial facilities in Texas, California, Tennessee and Louisiana.

Representation of a NYSE-listed global oilfield services company in the negotiation of leases for its corporate headquarters and for office, industrial, and warehouse space in the Unites States, Canada, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, the disposition of industrial facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming, and the real estate aspects of the spinoff of its U.S. contract operations and aftermarket services business from its international and fabrication business.

Representation of a Texas governmental entity in the negotiation of a lease with purchase option for its new headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, and the subsequent exercise of the purchase option and purchase of the multi-building office/retail complex.

Representation of a Houston-based full-service law firm in the negotiation of its headquarters lease for more than 100,000 square feet of Class A office space in Houston, Texas.  

Representation of a NYSE-listed offshore drilling company in the negotiation of a 10-year extension of its headquarters lease in Houston, Texas, subsequent subleasing of additional office space, the leasing and expansion of an industrial facility in Houston, Texas, and the sale of a drilling rig docking and storage facility located along the Sabine Pass waterway in southeast Texas.

Representation of a Houston-based investment partnership in connection with a $35,000,000 refinancing of a Class-A urban apartment complex in Houston, Texas.

Representation of a Houston-based trust company and its clients with respect to the disposition by its clients of various light industrial facilities and thousands of acres of raw land in Texas, including multiple seller-financing transactions.

Representation of local real estate investment companies in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition of shopping centers and mixed-use developments in Texas and North Carolina.

Representation of a U.S. Olympic sport national governing body in the negotiation of a proposed acquisition of an official U.S. Olympic Training Site in Texas.

Representation of a NYSE-listed Fort Worth-based financial services company in the negotiation of office and retail leases throughout the United States.

Representation of a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) in connection with foreclosures on and subsequent sales of apartment projects in Texas.

Representation of a developer in the negotiation of a 15-year lease with a Fortune 500 energy company for more than 500,000 square feet of Class A office space in the Houston central business district.

Representation of a Houston-based mutual fund company in the negotiation of a 10-year lease renewal for more than 450,000 square feet for its corporate headquarters.

Representation of various companies in the negotiation of corporate headquarters and regional office leases.

Representation of a publicly-traded, Houston-based real estate investment trust in leasing of retail space in upscale shopping centers.

Representation of institutional landlords in the leasing of office, retail, and light industrial space.

Representation of a Maryland-based real estate investment trust in connection with the acquisition of 8,000 acres for development of a master-planned community in the Greater Houston metropolitan area.

Representation of a power development company in the acquisition of property in Central Texas for development of a natural-gas fired power plant.

Representation of a NYSE-listed petroleum company in the disposition of pipeline and terminal assets in the Gulf Coast region.

Representation of individual equity investors in the formation of limited partnerships for the development of apartment projects throughout the United States.

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