Experience

• Representation of publicly traded REIT on the acquisition and disposition of more than a dozen shopping centers across the U.S.
• Representation of prop-tech startup in the real estate aspects of multiple venture capital fundraising rounds.
• Led legal analysis for more than 75 real estate acquisitions totaling greater than $250 million in luxury real estate assets.
• Negotiation of $50 million line of credit with lender to provide debt financing for purchase of real estate assets.
• Analysis of zoning codes and land use ordinances in support of client real estate development matters.
• Representation of private real estate developers in the drafting and negotiation of various retail tenant leases in shopping centers across the U.S.
• Representation of financial lending arm of a privately held automobile manufacturer in over a dozen mortgage financing transactions nationwide.
• Representation of borrower clients in the drafting and negotiating of opinion letters in support of mortgage financing transactions.
• Representation of large nonprofit foundation on the development of a new 55,000-square-foot headquarters building.
• Representation of a privately held real estate developer in the $40 million development of a 700,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
• Representation of a publicly traded life insurance company in the development of a 180-unit, mixed-use multifamily housing and retail site.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Multnomah Bar Association, 2020–present

Civic Activities

• The Pat Tillman Foundation, 2013–present
• Harvard Club of Oregon and Southwest Washington, 2020–present

Insights & Presentations

• “What Out-of-State Buyers Should Know About California Real Estate Transfer Taxes (co-author),” Stoel Rives LLP, June 16, 2023
• “Some Commercial Property Owners Can Go Green With ‘Propertyfit’” (co-author), Daily Journal of Commerce, December 6, 2022
• “What Developers Must Know About New Ohio Brownfield Law” (co-author), Law360, August 20, 2020
• “What Landlords Should Consider Before Reopening Gyms” (co-author), Thompson Hine LLP, June 22, 2020
• “CARES Act and Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Rent, Mortgage Relief, Eviction Moratoriums, Related State Restrictions,” Strafford CLE Webinar, June 16, 2020
• “Ohio Report: COVID-19 Relief for Commercial Tenants and Borrowers” (co-author), Thompson Hine LLP, April 2, 2020
• “Coronavirus Challenges Facing Commercial Property Owners,” Bloomberg Law ESG News, March 18, 2020
• “Flying Above the Law? Commercial Drone Regulation in the U.S.,” ICSC Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan & Pennsylvania Retail Development & Law Symposium For Lawyers and Real Estate Professionals, March 1, 2020
• “Winter is Coming: The Clock is Ticking on Opportunity Zones Ahead of December 31 Deadline,” 41^st Annual Real Estate Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, November 8, 2019
• “Forum-Selection Clauses in Construction Contracts—After Atlantic Marine” (co-author), Thompson Hine LLP, July 11, 2016

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