Alexander Chester Bio

Alexander Chester is a skilled transactional lawyer with a particular focus in the health care, sports, and media industries. He uses his diverse experience in corporate and real estate law to represent clients in the health care industry with the acquisition, disposition, operation, and leasing of senior care and other health care facilities. Alex also represents investors in the sports industry in connection with franchise investment and acquisition, developers in stadium/project development, and clients interested in licensing and sponsorship transactions. His real estate experience includes representing developers, major corporations, real estate funds, investment banks, institutional lenders, property owners, tenants, and joint venture partners in the acquisition, financing, management, leasing, subleasing, and operation of office buildings, retail centers, hotels, and commercial projects. Prior to joining Ice Miller, Alex practiced corporate, real estate, and sports industry law with several New York law firms. He has represented clients that include major NCAA Division I universities and NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS teams and owners in connection with stadium development projects, construction agreements, lease agreements, the acquisition of professional sports franchises, naming rights, and sponsorship agreements, as well as licensing agreements between third parties and teams and leagues. Alex’s representative real estate work includes multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in the health care industry and acquisitions and financings of major commercial office buildings, hotels, and senior housing portfolios in New York City and across the United States. His real estate pro bono work includes negotiating lease documents for charter schools and other non-profit organizations and representing underserved clients in public housing matters.