
Charles Bans
Partner
f612.642.8318
charles.bans@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Charlie Bans is a partner in Maslon's Real Estate Group, with more than 30 years experience in the commercial real estate field. Charlie has extensive experience in representing both sellers and purchasers of all types of commercial real estate as well as both lenders and borrowers in all types of commercial financing transactions and lessors and tenants in the negotiation and drafting of all types of commercial leases, including anchor tenant and major office leases, as well as ground leases. Charlie has represented both brokers and owners in real estate brokerage agreements, and both managers and owners in the negotiation and drafting of management contracts. Charlie has had extensive experience in issues related to title insurance, easement agreements and Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges.
- Financial Services
- Commercial Real Estate Loan Documentation
- Defaulted Real Estate Loans and Workouts
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Financing
- Contracts for Deed
- Due Diligence Activities
- Purchase and Sale Transactions
- Tax-Deferred Exchanges
- Title and Survey Review
- Commercial Leasing
- Ground Leases
- Office, Warehouse and Industrial Leases
- Property Management
- Subleasing Assignment
- Environmental
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Real Estate Disputes
- Disputes between Buyers and Sellers
- Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Title, Zoning and Land Use
- Common Interest Communities, Condos and Townhomes
- Easements and Covenants
- Subdivisions/Lot Divisions
- Torrens Land Registration
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1971
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, 1969 - 1970 - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1968
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major: Mathematics
- Minnesota, 1971
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1971
- U.S. Federal Court, 1971
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Ramsey County Bar Association - Member
- Henry Sibley High School Fundraising Committee - Member
- Acoma Oil Corporation - Board Member
- Shalom Home - Past Board Member
- Battle Creek Bank - Past Board Member
- The New Article 9 for Bankers, 2001
- The Elements of a Commercial Lease for Real Estate Brokers, 1992
- Minnesota Mechanic's Lien Law for Brokers, 1985
- Minnesota Super Lawyers
- Top 40 Real Estate Minnesota Super Lawyers
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (AV, BV, and CV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)