Experience

• Served as lead counsel representing the buyer in the acquisition of 20 acres and 17 properties for the redevelopment of an industrial site in Southeast Tennessee.
• Represented the seller of a national grocery anchored, health/wellness themed retail development consisting of over 90,000 square feet of retail space (plus developed outlots operating underground leases), more than 20 tenants.
• Represented the seller of a conventional enclosed mall property, anchored by national retail tenants, undergoing a substantial rehabilitation that included conventional financing for the acquisition and tax increment financing infrastructure improvements associated with the rehabilitation.
• Represents a developer of small to mid-scale solar power generation facilities in acquiring surplus industrial properties, converting portions of the properties into solar-pv units, selling the power generated into the public system, and developing, selling or leasing the remaining acreage for commercial/retail redevelopment.
• Works routinely with the in-house legal team of an international, large scale raw materials processor in negotiating and reviewing business-to-business contracts across a broad range of contexts, including sale or purchase of goods and services, sale and leasing of equipment, and shipment; and this includes regular collaboration with the client in managing best practices both for the process of contract legal review and for the maintenance of client preferred contractual terms and forms.
• Represents one of the area’s largest homebuilders in connection with acquisition of raw land, acquisition of partially completed/distressed developments and connection with general business matters.
• Represents an industrial equipment manufacturer in all aspects of business operation and management, including negotiating terms of third-party investment, negotiating terms of joint-venture and vendor contracts, and overseeing facilities acquisition and leasing.

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, University of Georgia, 1997
• B.A., University of Virginia, 1994

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