Samuel M. Spiritos

Shulman Rogers

Samuel M. Spiritos, managing shareholder of Shulman Rogers, has spent more than three decades advising on commercial real estate and hospitality transactions across Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and markets nationwide. He is one of the region’s most recognized attorneys in the field, known for pairing sophisticated legal counsel with sound business judgment and an extensive industry network that clients describe as a genuine competitive advantage.

Spiritos advises on the full spectrum of commercial real estate work, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development and complex financings. His counsel covers acquisition and development loans, asset-based lending, healthcare financings and workouts, and he represents leading developers and investors across office, multifamily, retail, industrial and mixed-use asset classes.

As chair of the firm’s hospitality practice, Spiritos is a nationally recognized authority on hotel and lodging transactions, counseling global hotel brands, boutique operators, casino groups and private clubs on deal structuring, franchise and management agreements, joint ventures and acquisitions and dispositions. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including the Georgetown University Hotel and Lodging Summit, the ALIS Hotel Conference and The Lodging Conference, where he has presented on hotel acquisition agreements, franchise negotiations and real estate financing trends.

Spiritos has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America since 2008, named to The Daily Record’s Power 100 List and holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating.

What distinguishes his practice is the equal measure of legal acumen and relationship capital. Clients point to his strategic introductions to the right capital sources, industry contacts and development opportunities.

 as valuable as his legal counsel, a network his leadership role has deepened.

Real estate law was the natural intersection of the two disciplines he trained in, and Spiritos describes the field as one that has held his attention for more than 30 years because no deal is the same twice and his clients are building real things in real communities. He counts those clients among his sources of inspiration, citing the real risks they take to build hotels, develop properties and create something lasting, alongside the talented, hardworking team at Shulman Rogers, whose growth and evolution over the years he has found genuinely rewarding.

Admitted to practice in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York,

This is an honoree profile from The Daily Record’s Managing Partners awards. Information for this profile was sourced from the honoree’s application for the award. The honoree profiles were written using an artificial intelligence program and supported by honoree nominations, applications and letters of recommendation. Each profile was reviewed, fact-checked and edited for accuracy by The Daily Record’s editorial staff.