North America - United States • Real estate
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright‘s ’highly knowledgeable’ team frequently assists private equity investors, financial institutions, developers, and multinational companies on acquisitions of land and properties, joint ventures, and lender side construction loans and acquisition financings. In the past year, the team has been particularly active in the industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use spaces, in addition to energy matters involving offshore and wind energy. John Jennings leads the team from San Antonio and handles a broad range of transactions as well as negotiations of federal, state and local economic development incentives. Katherine Tapley brings experience in acquisition and development mandates including in multi-family, healthcare, and entertainment venues. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, transaction and finance attorney Dani Davis is also active on a range of matters including workouts.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is responsive and practical. Identification of issues is top notch.'
- 'Always available. Highly knowledgeable. Easy to work with.'
- 'More than any other firm, NRF has learned what makes my company tick - where our concerns do and do not lie, how we make decisions, and how we conduct our business. New timekeepers are taught about this before working on our matters. This makes a big difference in my day-to-day practice, as it increases my ability to trust that their legal judgment will dovetail with my business judgment.'
Key clients
- The Dinerstein Companies
- Fifth 3rd Bank
- Stifel Bank and Trust
- Trustmark National Bank
- JPI/TDI
- Central Bank of St. Louis
- US Bank
- Associated Bank, N.A
- Commerce Bank
Work highlights
- Assisted The Dinerstein Companies (“TDC”) with the acquisition of land, joint ventures with TDC’s capital partner and Fort Worth Housing Solutions, and construction financing sourced by Amegy Bank of Texas, in connection with the development of a new 203-unit, Class A build-to-rent community with a 50% affordable component.
- Advised Fifth Third Bank, a financial services company headquartered in Ohio, as lender, on financing transactions in connection with the development of various facilities including industrial and retail buildings located in Michigan, California and Mississippi.
- Assisted with the sale of the JPI’s equity in the sale of Jefferson La Mesa, a recently completed Class A multifamily project in La Mesa, CA.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Jennings