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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that <a href="/services-and-industries/real-estate/" id="18510">Real Estate</a> partner <a href="/people/sonia-kaur-bain/" id="18932">Sonia Kaur Bain</a> has been named the 2025 Woman of the Year by WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate (“WX”). Sonia will be recognized at WX’s 2025 Woman of the Year Gala on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at The Plaza in New York City.

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“Sonia exemplifies the intelligence, generosity, and strength of leadership that WX celebrates with this honor,” said Lauren Cahill, President of WX Inc. “Her contributions to the real estate industry are rivaled only by her unwavering commitment to mentorship and advancing the next generation of real estate professionals. Sonia’s career is an inspiration, and her leadership within WX has left a lasting mark on our community.”

“I am deeply honored to receive this incredible recognition from WX, an organization that has significantly contributed to the advancement of women in real estate,” said Sonia. “This award reflects the collective dedication and exceptional achievements of our community in driving innovation and excellence within the real estate industry. I am excited to continue our collaborative efforts to inspire and empower the next generation of real estate professionals.”

Sonia is a transactional commercial real estate attorney known for her strategic counsel and extensive experience across a broad range of asset classes. Over the course of her career, she has represented major developers, retailers, hospitality groups, family offices, and institutional investors in some of the most complex and high-value real estate transactions across the United States, and within New York City.

Sonia has built a nationally recognized practice focused on acquisitions, dispositions, ground and space leases, financing, and development. Her client roster includes some of the world’s largest retail brands, developers, private equity groups, REITs, and family offices. Among her many notable deals are the $1.3 billion acquisition of a portfolio of data centers across 18 U.S. jurisdictions, and acquisitions of several hundreds of million-dollar office buildings, including a $600 million Class A office tower in Oakland, California.

Sonia has also served as lead counsel on landmark projects in New York City, including mixed-use developments in DUMBO, Brooklyn, Hudson Yards, and Times Square, luxury residential towers, and large-scale retail and entertainment destinations, and national transactions involving a variety of asset classes. Her approach blends strategic insight with practical execution, consistently earning her recognition as a top attorney in publications such as Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Observer, and Crain’s New York Business.

“I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Sonia for receiving this highly prestigious award, presented before such a distinguished audience,” said <a href="/people/samantha-wallack/" id="19288">Samantha Wallack</a>, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate group. “Being recognized as the WX Woman of the Year by esteemed peers is a remarkable achievement. The previous honorees constitute a ‘who’s who’ of New York real estate. It is both impressive and entirely unsurprising that Sonia has been recognized.”

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Sonia is deeply committed to mentoring and empowering emerging real estate professionals. As a longtime member of WX, Sonia served as president from 2019 to 2022, following earlier roles as vice president and board director. She was formerly a co-chair of the organization’s Mentoring Committee where she played a leading role in creating and developing the mentoring program as it is today. She served on the WX Charitable Fund Board leading efforts to support WX’s charitable partnerships with NEW and Project Destined and lead the organization of the annual WX Golf and Tennis Outing.

WX is an exclusive association comprised of executive-level women actively involved in New York's commercial real estate sector. WX's mission is to foster the advancement of women in commercial real estate, enhance the industry's perception of women's roles, and uphold the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and integrity. Through various initiatives, including educational seminars, leadership breakfasts, mentoring programs, scholarships, and special events, WX offers its members a platform for visibility, knowledge exchange, and celebration of individual achievements while laying the groundwork for the next generation of women leaders in real estate.

For more information about WX and the Woman of the Year gala, please visit <a href="https://www.wxnyre.com/">wxnyre.com</a>.

To watch Sonia's WX 2025 Woman of the Year acceptance speech, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oI2XXpeyPg">here</a>.

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