Primo A. J. Fontana has been promoted to partner in DLA Piper’s real estate practice, based in Boston.
Fontana focuses his practice on real estate acquisitions, dispositions, sale-leasebacks, joint ventures, financing, leasing, development and restructuring.
In 2007 and 2008, Fontana served as an in-house lawyer at Fidelity Investments working with Fidelity’s private equity real estate group. In that role, he had primary legal responsibility for the group, including placement and management of joint venture and mezzanine loan transactions.
In private practice, Fontana has represented buyers, sellers, investors, lenders, landlords, tenants and developers.
Fontana has served on the Greater Boston advisory board of The Salvation Army and the board of directors of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. He has also served as a mentor through the Boston Lawyers’ Group.





