Bain Capital Real Estate Associate General Counsel Alison Rundlett: Spearheading Legal Undertakings and Championing Women in Real Estate MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent

 BOSTON- Representing Bain Capital Real Estate (BCRE), one of the world’s leading private investment firms with $183 billion in assets under management, Alison Rundlett has spearheaded both the legal undertakings of the firm’s complex transactions and the implementation of continuous process improvements bolstering BCRE’s legal/risk functions. “What I enjoy most about my work in real estate is, hands-down, the people,” said Rundlett to the Boston Real Estate Times. Rundlett is a passionate champion for women in the legal field and has been a valuable mentor to many of her female associates in both private practice and in her current position at BCRE.

 On March 12, 2025, Allison Rundlett will be honored with the Outstanding Women of 2025 award at the annual Women of the Year awards gala at Burlington Marriott Hotel in Burlington, MA. Joining Bain Capital in 2021, Rundlett brought significant impact to the firm during a period of remarkable growth, spearheading the legal components of complex transactions and implementing process improvements to bolster the legal and risk functions of Bain Capital Real Estate (BCRE).  Before her tenure at Bain Capital, Rundlett was a partner at Ropes & Gray LLP, where she led intricate joint ventures, transactions, and financings for institutional clients, including BCRE. Her journey in law began as an associate at Hogan Lovells LLP, working in their New York and Washington D.C. offices.

 At BCRE, Rundlett has continued this work from “the inside” at a time of explosive growth for the firm, including leading the legal side of transactions for BCRE as well as undertaking continuous process improvement to ensure consistent approach of the legal/risk function for BCRE both internally and externally. Rundlett earned her JD, cum laude, from Boston College Law School, where she also served as a Lecturer of Law. Her undergraduate studies were completed at Bowdoin College, where she double majored in both government and legal studies, and physics, with a minor in mathematics. During her time at Bowdoin, she was actively involved in student government, her social house, various musical groups, highlighting her diverse talents and leadership skills.

 Rundlett’s work at BCRE has ranged from funds, co-investment, and other strategic capital initiatives, to risk management and compliance efforts, and (of course) deal making.  Everything from very large M&A transactions to building portfolios of integrity in the old fashioned one-by-one-by-one way.  In relatively recent news are two transactions Rundlett has worked on: one of BCRE’s JV partners, Bungalow Projects, is working on developing two media production studios in Brooklyn, New York that were previously acquired in 2024. When complete, these assets will have over 500,000 SF in purpose-built soundstages in one of the most dynamic content creation cities in the world.

 Beyond her professional achievements, Rundlett is deeply committed to mentoring women in the legal field, ensuring that her female associates thrived under her guidance while in private practice and she continues mentorship now that she is at BCRE. She also currently serves as a trustee of her alma mater, Bowdoin College, chairing key committees.

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