Parker Poe

Industrial Development

• Represented foreign food manufacturer in acquisition of initial site in a government sponsored industrial park, including negotiation of acquisition contract, park covenants and development agreements.
• Represented foreign manufacturer in acquisition of site requiring recombination of parcels to create suitable building site and purchase option for future plant expansion.
• Represented manufacturer in sale-leaseback of existing facility and lease of newly-acquired adjacent parcel for expansion of plant.
• Represented seller of heavy manufacturing plant with ongoing environmental monitoring requirements.
• Represented developer in assemblage acquisition and development of new life sciences industrial park.
• Represented manufacturing facility in negotiation of right of way and easement acquisition by municipality.
• Represented manufacturer in sublease of facility with ongoing environmental monitoring obligations.

Real Estate

• Served as counsel in the sale of real property, including drafting and negotiation of purchase agreements and closing documents.
• Represented a private equity firm in the disposition and management of a portfolio of leased and owned real estate assets, including lease modifications, assignments of leases, lease terminations, and transfers of real property.
• Analyzed real estate title, subdivision declarations, articles and bylaws of homeowners’ associations, as well as tax records and local governmental approvals to inform a foreclosing bank of any potential adverse effects of owning real properties and to minimize any liability of taking possession of the properties.
• Advised a bank as a mortgaged building was divided into a condominium unit, including reviewing the condominium declaration and ensuring the client understood the effect the condominium transaction would have on the bank's collateral.
• Reviewed title and survey, drafted and negotiated mortgage documents, and reviewed and negotiated local counsel opinions as real estate attorney on finance transactions, including loans secured by multi-property and multi-state portfolios of real property collateral.
• Negotiating and reviewing leases for shopping centers and office uses.

Finance

• Served as bank counsel in the origination and servicing of securitized loans. Drafted and negotiated loan documents, performed corporate and real estate due diligence, corresponded with lenders, borrower’s counsel, and other parties to close loan transactions.
• Served as counsel to holders of real estate loans in connection with loan modifications and future advances, including review of existing loan documents, drafting of amendments and other ancillary documents and closing transactions.
• Served as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and bank counsel in connection with the issuance, offering, and financing of health care bonds for North Carolina hospital systems.
• Served as bond counsel for a small municipality in the authorization of a U.S. Department of Agriculture bond financing, including guiding the client through the state application and approval process, drafting bond documentation, and attending meetings of the town council to explain bond documentation.

• The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" in Real Estate Law, 2021-2024
• Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” in Real Estate, 2024