Growth through leadership Capes Sokol has recently named a new chair for its Real Estate practice, William B. Remis, signaling a strategic emphasis on expanding real estate client service and leadership in a key sector. This presents an opportunity to offer targeted real estate and development-related legal services, including transactional support, due diligence, and lender advisory for developers and investors.

Real Estate Focus With a dedicated real estate practice lead and a track record of serving developers, investors, lenders, and property owners, there is potential to cross-sell across corporate, finance, and litigation teams to clients engaging in large property acquisitions, financing, or disputes.

IP and Tech The firm has recently added IP project personnel and utilizes a modern tech stack (WordPress, AWS, Google Cloud, analytics tools), suggesting capacity to support technology-driven clients in intellectual property management, data privacy, and digital transformation projects.

Mid-market Coverage Size and revenue positioning (51-200 employees; $10M-$25M in revenue) align Capes Sokol with mid-market businesses needing robust, cost-effective legal services across real estate, corporate, and IP domains, offering an opportunity to provide scalable retainer or bundled services.

People Moves Recent talent changes, including a partner departure to a competitor and new hires in IP and litigation, indicate an active market for leadership in practice groups. This creates openings for executive-level relationships with decision-makers and opportunities to present differentiated value propositions to remaining and potential clients.