Jennifer Perkins Honored With 2024 CREW D.C. Leader of Impact Award

Arnold & Porter partner Jennifer Perkins was honored with the 2024 CREW D.C. Leader of Impact Award at the CREW D.C. Awards on November 7, 2024. The annual awards ceremony honors individuals and companies excelling in commercial real estate, making positive changes on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, and delivering exceptional projects in the D.C. area.

The prestigious Leader of Impact Award highlights a highly successful and respected leader who has “broken multiple barriers” in the commercial real estate industry. Perkins, a trusted advisor to clients who has shaped the D.C. real estate industry’s success, was recognized for leveraging her network, encouraging others in the industry to pursue personal and professional opportunities, and forging a path for the next generation of leaders.

Perkins leads the leasing team at Arnold & Porter and is one of the top leasing lawyers in the Washington, D.C. area, with projects encompassing millions of square feet. She has almost four decades of commercial real estate experience, with a focus on complex leasing transactions from the perspective of both tenants and landlords. Perkins has worked on some of the largest private-sector leases in the D.C. area, including a large number of law firm renewals and relocations. She also assists corporate clients with their real property assets as their businesses are sold, merge with, or acquire other companies.