Boston, MA According to Core Investments, Inc., Anelise Lago, an attorney with extensive experience in real estate, has joined as general counsel of the real estate development and investment company as of January.

Lago, who brings 18 years of legal experience in the real estate, finance and corporate space and executive leadership, assumes the responsibilities previously handled by Gary Lilienthal, who is transitioning after several years as Core Investments’ general counsel to a new role as special counsel.

“We feel lucky and are extremely happy to have someone with Anelise’s skill and wide-ranging experience in the law and real estate joining our growing team,” said Brett Lazar, president of Core Investments, Inc. “With her counsel and judgment, we look forward to continued progress with On the Dot© and our other projects.”

“I am delighted to be joining the team at Core at such an exciting time for the company,” said Lago. “Core is transforming a portion of our city and committed to building and activating the community.” 

Lago is the latest addition to a growing firm that is now planning and engaged the permitting processes of the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts for On the Dot, a 21-acre planned mixed-use neighborhood in a former industrial area along Dorchester Ave. adjacent to Andrew Sq. in South Boston. Core Investments also is engaged in development in Randolph, MA, and in other Greater Boston projects.

Lago joins Core from Senné, a real estate advisory and investment firm where she served as chief legal officer. She previously served as assistant general counsel at The RMR Group, corporate associate in the real estate and investments and transactions group of Ropes & Gray LLP, corporate associate in the debt finance group of Locke Lord LLP, vice president of loan administration for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and senior associate in the corporate department of O’Neill & Borges LLC. 

Lago earned a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, an LL.B. from at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico.