
Amy J. Fitch
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
University at Albany, B.S., summa cum laude
University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude
Amy concentrates her practice in general commercial real estate, representing developers, landlords, and tenants in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, sale, development, and leasing of shopping centers and other commercial properties. She represents both landlords and tenants in negotiating and drafting leases, including land, commercial, office, and retail leases. She has significant experience with mortgage tax and real estate transfer tax matters as well as title insurance and survey examinations. She also has extensive experience representing lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate financing matters, including multistate mortgage loan arrangements, sale leaseback transactions, ground leasing matters, and industrial development agency projects. Amy has also represented clients with matters pending before the State Liquor Authority, including applications for retail licenses.
Before entering law school, Amy was a CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Honors
- Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Real Estate Law) 2012 - 2024
- Listed, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (Real Estate) 2019 - 2023
- Licensed in New York as a certified public accountant (CPA)
Experience
Over the course of her career, Amy has acted as lead real estate counsel to a supermarket chain in transactions involving more than 100 store locations, including sales, acquisitions, development, leasing, and sale-leaseback transactions; a hospitality client in the acquisition and financing of multiple hotel sites in various states; and to a lumber company in the acquisition and financing of numerous properties. More specifically, Amy has contributed significantly to the following representative matters:
- $226.6 million CMBS Mortgage and Mezzanine Debt for Multistate Hotel Portfolio
- $275 Million Manufacturing Company Merger
- 155-Store Supermarket Chain Purchased by Senior Management
- Coventus Commercial Condominium Formation & Sale of Floor
- Development of a $300 Million Clinical Translational Research Center/Biosciences Incubator
- Key Center Condominium Formation & Lease to IBM
- Lease Agreement for Delaware North Companies, Inc. World Headquarters
- Real Estate Counsel to Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
- Representation of Lumber Company in Multiple Acquisitions Per Year
In the News
- Buffalo Business First, September 11, 2020
- August 28, 2013
- August 30, 2012
Press Releases
- August 17, 2023
- June 6, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, June 2, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, May 26, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, April 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2019
- Press Release, May 1, 2019
- Press Release, August 15, 2018
- Press Release, August 15, 2017
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 18, 2016
- Press Release, August 17, 2015
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, April 4, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 27, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert , March 13, 2023
- Hodgson Russ College & University Alert, July 31, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, June 25, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, June 18, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, June 4, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, May 26, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, May 18, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, May 13, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, May 11, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, May 4, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, April 20, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, April 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Alert, March 31, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Banking & Finance Alert, March 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Real Estate Leasing Alert, March 23, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cross-Border Finance Alert, January 8, 2020
- Banker Bulletin Alert, January 31, 2019
- Cross-Border Finance Alert, November 13, 2018
Professional Associations
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County