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Shawn R. Willis

Shawn R. Willis

Partner

Liberty Center
151 Meeting Street
Suite 600
Charleston, SC 29401
T 843.534.4230
F 843.722.8700
shawn.willis@nelsonmullins.com
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Shawn has an interdisciplinary practice that includes the areas of real estate, commercial lending, corporate law, and tax. His clients are in various industry groups including real estate development, financial services, manufacturing, renewable energy, agriculture, timber, technology, hospitality, retail, nonprofits, and community associations. His practice includes serving as outside general counsel for operating companies and...

Shawn has an interdisciplinary practice that includes the areas of real estate, commercial lending, corporate law, and tax. His clients are in various industry groups including real estate development, financial services, manufacturing, renewable energy, agriculture, timber, technology, hospitality, retail, nonprofits, and community associations. His practice includes serving as outside general counsel for operating companies and nonprofit organizations, including large–scale community associations.

Shawn R. Willis

nonprofit organizations, including large–scale community associations.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Experience

  • Has represented developers, investors, and operators in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development, joint ventures, leasing, land use, eminent domain, title insurance, title issue resolution, and property tax matters.
  • Has represented financial institutions in commercial loan originations as lead and local counsel, and also in distressed debt matters, including loan modifications, workouts, foreclosures, and bank–owned (REO) property dispositions.
  • Has represented operating companies as outside general counsel and also in connection with corporate transactional matters, including entity and joint venture formation, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations.
  • Has represented large–scale community associations as outside general counsel, including homeowners associations, condominium regimes and commercial property owners associations.
  • Has represented solar energy developers in the development of utility–scale projects, including site acquisition, title insurance, land use, economic incentives, project finance, and project disposition.
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Experience

  • Has represented developers, investors, and operators in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development, joint ventures, leasing, land use, eminent domain, title insurance, title issue resolution, and property tax matters.
  • Has represented financial institutions in commercial loan originations as lead and local counsel, and also in distressed debt matters, including loan modifications, workouts, foreclosures, and bank–owned (REO) property dispositions.
  • Has represented operating companies as outside general counsel and also in connection with corporate transactional matters, including entity and joint venture formation, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations.
  • Has represented large–scale community associations as outside general counsel, including homeowners associations, condominium regimes and commercial property owners associations.
  • Has represented solar energy developers in the development of utility–scale projects, including site acquisition, title insurance, land use, economic incentives, project finance, and project disposition.

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Recognitions

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

Professional Activities

  • South Carolina Bar, Member Tax Section; Probate, Estate Planning, and Trust Section; Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section; Real Estate Section; Leadership Academy Committee
  • Charleston County Bar Association
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
  • American Bar Association

Community

  • Former Member, Board of Directors, South Carolina Chapter Community Associations Institute
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina
  • Charleston County Board of Assessment Appeals (Former member, 2011–2015)
  • Charleston Tax Council

Shawn has an interdisciplinary practice that includes the areas of real estate, commercial lending, corporate law, and tax. His clients are in various industry groups including real estate development, financial services, manufacturing, renewable energy, agriculture, timber, technology, hospitality, retail, nonprofits, and community associations. His practice includes serving as outside general counsel for operating companies and... nonprofit organizations, including large–scale community associations.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Experience

  • Has represented developers, investors, and operators in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development, joint ventures, leasing, land use, eminent domain, title insurance, title issue resolution, and property tax matters.
  • Has represented financial institutions in commercial loan originations as lead and local counsel, and also in distressed debt matters, including loan modifications, workouts, foreclosures, and bank–owned (REO) property dispositions.
  • Has represented operating companies as outside general counsel and also in connection with corporate transactional matters, including entity and joint venture formation, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations.
  • Has represented large–scale community associations as outside general counsel, including homeowners associations, condominium regimes and commercial property owners associations.
  • Has represented solar energy developers in the development of utility–scale projects, including site acquisition, title insurance, land use, economic incentives, project finance, and project disposition.

Education

  • The University of Alabama, LLM, Taxation (2011)
  • University of South Carolina School of Law, JD (2003)
    • Merit Scholarship Recipient
    • Moot Court Bar – Order of the Barristers
    • Moot Court Competition Team Captain
    • CALI Award – Real Estate Transactions
  • Furman University, BA, History (2000)

Admissions

  • South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Practice Areas

Industries

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • South Carolina Bar, Member Tax Section; Probate, Estate Planning, and Trust Section; Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section; Real Estate Section; Leadership Academy Committee
  • Charleston County Bar Association
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, South Carolina Chapter Community Associations Institute
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina
  • Charleston County Board of Assessment Appeals (Former member, 2011–2015)
  • Charleston Tax Council