Owner-operators, developers, managers and investors, primarily within the healthcare and senior housing/skilled nursing industries, value Elizabeth Sauer's insight and experience in a wide-variety of real estate transactions. Elizabeth has a strong personal commitment to the clients with whom she works. She listens to their concerns, understands their business and strives to overcome obstacles and close deals.
Hospital systems, healthcare REITs and other public and private companies benefit from Elizabeth's client-first approach in the purchase, sale, leaseback, development, management, leasing and financing of raw land and improved assets, including:
· Medical Office Buildings and Condominiums
· Hospitals, Outpatient Clinics and Surgery Centers
· Skilled Nursing Facilities
· Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities
· Manufactured Homes and Warehouse Distribution Centers
· Multifamily Housing and Hotels
Clients trust Elizabeth with large scale, multi-state portfolio transactions and single-asset deals. She drafts and negotiates purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, ground leases, master leases and space leases, and oversees due diligence. Elizabeth understands the healthcare regulatory environment and potential Stark and Anti-Kickback law hazards. Clients appreciate her comprehensive, practical advice.
Elizabeth also has significant corporate experience, including equity sales and the structuring of national joint ventures. She has advised clients on various corporate governance and compliance matters.
Elizabeth rounds her practice by negotiating financing arrangements, including HUD / FHA-insured loans and TPAs, construction loans, mezzanine loans, credit facilities, loan modifications, assumptions and assignments, forbearance agreements, restructurings and workouts, deed-in-lieu arrangements and other settlement transactions.
Prior to joining Waller, Elizabeth was an associate at Arent Fox LLP. In 2008, Bisnow on Business named Elizabeth one of the '30 Under 30: Rising Legal Stars' in the Washington, DC area.
Professional
Prior Affiliations
· Associate, Arent Fox, Washington, DC, 2006-2010
· Associate, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, 2004-2006
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Elizabeth is the proud wife of an appellate litigator whom she met her first day in law school and a young son.