Michael F. Burke

Michael F. Burke is a partner and former chair of Nutter’s Real Estate Department and is a member of the firm’s Development, Land Use and Permitting practice group. Business leaders throughout the real estate industry turn to Mike for legal counsel on a wide range of matters, including acquisition, development, permitting and complex financing for a wide array of real estate projects, including industrial and office parks, hotels, shopping malls, laboratory and other life science developments, mixed-use projects, and apartment and condominium complexes.

Landlords and tenants frequently engage Mike in complex leasing transactions, including sale-leasebacks, ground leases, air rights leases, and build-to-suit leases. Partnerships, limited liability companies, real estate investment trusts, and real estate funds select Mike for his extensive experience in negotiating joint venture agreements on complex real estate projects throughout the United States.

A respected leader in the real estate industry, Mike is a member of several professional associations, including the Boston Bar Association, the Real Estate Bar Association, the Real Estate Finance Association of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. He has previously been involved with the Artery Business Committee. Mike has also served as an officer of P&O Properties Boston, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of The Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company; a publicly-held company based in the United Kingdom whose wholly-owned affiliate, Boston Wharf Co., once owned 70 buildings in Boston.

An avid supporter of charitable organizations, Mike serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston Local Development Corporation, and served on the Board of Overseers of the Greater Boston Aid to the Blind. In 2022, he was appointed a Board Member of the Duke Boston Alumni Association as the sole representative of Duke University School of Law. Mike’s community involvement has also included his roles as one of the Founding Leaders of the Duke Law Club of New England, former Board Member of the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, former elected Member and Chairperson of the Swampscott School Committee, and former elected Swampscott Town Meeting Member.