Real Estate

We serve as national and lead counsel for large-scale matters including acquisition and restructuring of multiple distressed-debt loan portfolios. 

We have been real estate diligence counsel for more than 120 properties in national retail sale-leaseback transactions, have been lead diligence review counsel for a portfolio of 60 loans secured by real estate deals around the country, and have been closing counsel for more than 120 assets held on master repurchase agreement lending lines. 

We also act as lead lease review counsel for acquisitions of multistate GSA asset pools, handle national leasing work for several franchises and national retail tenants, and represent dozens of real estate developer clients related to buying, developing, financing, managing and selling commercial, multifamily, hospitality, assisted living, mixed use, and other asset classes. 

Our clients span the real estate business spectrum and include local, national, and international banks, financial institutions, and private lenders.

We counsel on loan originations, securitizations, and master repurchase agreements for national financial institutions and institutional lenders.

We also represent real estate developers, asset managers, and advisors; deal sponsors, syndicators, and promoters; institutional and entrepreneurial investors; and REITs, private equity funds, issuers, and underwriters. Our clients include national and regional retailers and restaurants and general and specialty contractors and subcontractors. 

Our lawyers are experienced across industries including healthcare, retail, restaurants, resorts and master planned communities, hospitality, and leisure, and we work with timber and forest products industry clients including agribusinesses, farm credit banks, mills, and manufacturers. 

We pride ourselves on our Interdisciplinary team and collaborative approach with more than 75 attorneys in the real estate group who handle regional and national deal work around the country.  

Our attorney team includes attorneys who have served as in-house counsel for real estate development and finance companies and general contractors. Our clients also have access to the broader Nelson Mullins platform allowing for an integrated approach to environmental, insurance, banking and financial services, litigation, e-discovery and information governance, bankruptcy and restructuring, government relations, and tax transactions.

From inception to execution, we have balanced perspectives to navigate challenges.

We understand the real estate business environment allowing us to develop creative solutions to fix problems. Our experience with large volume deal flow and related time pressures helps us identify and advise on business risks, counsel on regulatory and compliance issues, and implement measures to address cost sensitivities and desire for budget predictability.

Experience guiding clients on diverse asset class and property types

• Energy facilities

• Healthcare, hospital, assisted living

• Hospitality

• Manufacturing facilities

• Mixed use

• Multifamily

• Public and commercial buildings

• Residential structures, including condominiums

• Resorts and planned communities

• Restaurant and other franchise businesses

• Roads, bridges and tunnels

• Shopping centers, office, industrial parks, mixed use projects

• Transportation and garage facilities

• Water distribution systems and treatment facilities

An integrated approach to Real Estate