Lisa M. Zana
Partner
Lisa is co-chair of Shipman's Real Estate, Environmental, Energy, Land Use and Construction Department, and a partner in a national real estate practice that includes New York-trained lawyers who, like Lisa, practiced at large national and international law firms before joining Shipman. She is able to deliver incisive, strategic and efficient counsel to clients at a significantly lower cost than many local and national competitors.
Lisa’s commercial real estate clients are situated throughout the United States with a focus on New York’s tri-state area, and include private developers, public companies, institutional owners, banks and lessees of millions of square feet of real estate across the country in the luxury residential, mixed-use, retail, commercial office, data centers and colocation facilities, hotel and hospitality, health care and higher education industries.
Credentials
Education
- Yale University, B.A., 1995
- Duke University, J.D., 1998, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1999
- Connecticut, 2009
Distinctions
- Listed in Chambers USA, Real Estate (2024)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®: Real Estate Law (2024-2025)
- Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer Rising Star®: Real Estate; 2013
Professional Affiliations
- Connecticut Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- CREW Network Retail Council (Commercial Real Estate Women)
- CREW-NY (Commercial Real Estate Women – New York)
Community Involvement
- Catechism Teacher, St. Francis