Kit F. Pettit

Overview

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Kit is a Partner in WH Burkley’s Real Estate Group and the Partner-in-Charge of the Pittsburgh office. Kit was admitted to the bar in 2002 and focuses his practice on commercial real estate, business and finance transactions and general corporate matters. Kit also has extensive experience representing property owners in oil and gas related matters.

In Kit’s commercial real estate practice, he represents and advises developers, landlords, tenants and investors through all phases of commercial real estate development, including acquisition, financing, commercial leasing, development and disposition. Kit’s real estate work involves retail, multi-family, mixed-use, office, warehouse, shopping center, hotel and industrial properties. Kit also devotes significant time representing financial institutions and borrowers in the area of commercial real estate-based lending and construction financing.

Kit’s practice also includes commercial business transactions and general corporate transactions including corporate governance and formation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and a variety of commercial contracts and business agreements. He routinely acts as outside general counsel for clients and is a trusted advisor, providing general corporate and business counseling to principals and executives.

Kit also has extensive experience representing clients in matters involving oil and gas. He routinely represents property owners in the leasing and sale of oil and gas interests and all types of land and surface use agreements and is a well-known and respected advocate for landowners.