Matea Bozja

Matea Bozja is a partner in the real estate practice, regularly representing clients in sophisticated real estate transactions with a strong emphasis on REIT-related matters. She advises across the full lifecycle of real estate investments, helping clients structure, negotiate, and execute transactions involving diverse property types and complex ownership arrangements.

Matea earned her Juris Doctor from The University of Chicago Law School, where she was a Kirkland & Ellis Scholar and graduated with honors. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University. Her academic background supports a rigorous and analytical approach to complex real estate and investment structures.

Matea’s practice includes property acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture formations, financing arrangements, and leasing transactions. She represents institutional investors, landlords, buyers, sellers, tenants, operators, and borrowers that own, lease, manage, and finance office, industrial, senior housing, retail, residential, and mixed-use properties nationwide.

Matea has extensive experience advising on large-scale joint ventures and portfolio transactions, including multibillion-dollar acquisitions and investments in industrial, office, student housing, urban retail, and single-tenant net-lease assets. Her work frequently involves coordinating complex capital structures and aligning the interests of investors, sponsors, and lenders.

Matea’s representations also include advising public and private companies on transformational transactions in the senior housing and healthcare real estate sectors. These matters often involve acquisitions, restructurings, and lease consolidations that require careful coordination of operational, financing, and ownership considerations across multiple stakeholders.

Matea Bozja is widely recognized for her contributions to the real estate industry, earning honors from leading legal and business publications. She is consistently ranked by respected legal directories and industry platforms, reflecting her reputation for technical excellence, commercial insight, and leadership in high-value real estate transactions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Illinois

Education

• University of Chicago Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Duke University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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