Overview
Lily Ansel provides business-minded legal support to real estate industry stakeholders and works closely with clients to achieve their business objectives through commercial real estate transactions. Her experience includes acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing and advising clients on the real estate implications involved in mergers and acquisitions. In each transaction, Lily provides comprehensive legal support that aligns with her clients’ strategic goals, and drafts key documents, reviews due diligence materials, and assists with closing the transaction.
Lily’s acquisition experience is primarily focused on multi-family and industrial properties. She frequently advises clients on acquisitions of existing and operating multi-family projects, newly constructed multi-family projects and build-to-rent communities. In the financing realm, she represents both lenders and borrowers, including borrowers obtaining agency debt to refinance or acquire multi-family projects.
Personal Interests
In her free time, Lily enjoys camping, baking and playing tennis.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Education
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
J.D. summa cum laude (2020)
St. Olaf College
B.A. in Economics (2016)
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Professional Associations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
Honors
- Best Lawyers® — “Ones to Watch,” Real Estate Law, 2025
- CALI Excellence for the Future Awards — Civil Dispute Resolution, Constitutional Liberties, Income Tax, Modern Real Estate Transactions, Property, Torts, Transactions & Settlements
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2022-24