Timothy M. Smith
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Overview
Timothy M. Smith is a senior partner in Nutter's Real Estate Department and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Both public and private companies rely on Tim’s 38 years of experience in real estate acquisition, disposition, leasing, joint venture, and financing transactions. Tim also represents clients in land use and permitting matters, including subdivision, environmental, wetlands, and zoning issues.
National and regional real estate owners and developers rely on Tim in the acquisition, financing, and disposition of properties across all asset classes, including office, industrial, manufacturing, laboratory, and retail.
Institutional landlords and corporate tenants engage Tim to represent them in leases of office space (including headquarters leases), warehouse and industrial space, laboratory, research and development buildings, and manufacturing facilities. Institutional landlords utilize Tim’s expertise in retail leases of shopping centers, lifestyle centers, enclosed malls, and mixed-use buildings.
Tim continues his leadership outside of the firm as an active member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the Boston College Alumni Association. He speaks and writes frequently on real estate issues for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE). He is the author of MCLE’s Commercial Lease Forms, published in 2004. He also authored a chapter of Lease Drafting in Massachusetts, also published by MCLE.
Tim is a 1987 graduate of Boston College Law School, where he was a note editor of The Boston College Law Review. While obtaining his undergraduate business degree in both Finance and Marketing in 1984 from Boston College, he was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Nu honor societies.
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Experience
Experience
News & Insights
News
Publications
Honors
Honors
- Chambers USA, Leading U.S. Real Estate Attorney, 2017-2025
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2026
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2004-2020, 2023-2025
- Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009 and 2010
- Super Lawyers Business Edition, 2011-2015
Education & Admissions
Education
Boston College Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
Boston College, B.S., summa cum laude
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Practices
Industries
Industry Expertise
Tim continues his leadership outside the firm as an active member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the Boston College Alumni Association.
Noteworthy
- Chambers USA, Leading U.S. Real Estate Attorney, 2017-2025
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2026
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2004-2020, 2023-2025
- Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009 and 2010
- Super Lawyers Business Edition, 2011-2015