Peter Gelzinis has extensive experience advising and counseling clients on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisition, disposition, financing, joint venture, leasing, and development of different types of commercial properties, including office, industrial, mixed use, multifamily, hotel, and retail properties.

Peter regularly negotiates purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, and loan documents, performs all aspects of due diligence, and manages the transaction through closing. In addition, Peter maintains an active commercial leasing practice, representing landlords and tenants in leases for office, industrial, and life science properties.

Over the course of his career, Peter has represented a mix of clients, including private equity and private real estate funds, REITs, developers, educational institutions, and public and private companies in the Boston area and across the country.

Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Peter was a real estate associate in the Boston office of Mintz. Peter began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Keith C. Long (retired) of the Massachusetts Land Court.