Mike Kerman, who serves as Deputy Chair of Sutherland's Real Estate Practice Group and is a former member of the firm's Executive Committee, practices in the area of commercial real estate emphasizing retail and mixed-use development and leasing, industrial development, and real estate finance.
Mike's practice includes major "big-box" retail development and leasing, urban mixed-use development and redevelopment projects, economic development and industrial development throughout the Southeast, and complex "reverse" construction §1031 exchanges. He regularly represents insurance companies, banks and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) lenders in connection with restructuring troubled loans, pre-workouts, workouts, foreclosures, state court receivership proceedings, bankruptcy litigation, and repositioning and disposition of real estate assets.
A member of the Florida Bar, he has also handled financing and development transactions in Florida and has extensive experience with the unique environmental and growth management issues under Florida law, including developments of regional impact (DRIs).
In addition, Mike has served the real estate and construction industries as an in-house counsel, having worked from 1993 to 1997 in different roles (including vice president, general counsel and interim chief financial officer) with the largest private industrial real estate development company in the Southeast.
Representative Experience
Mike's extensive representative experience includes:
· Representing The Sembler Company in the acquisition, development, leasing, financing and sale of many projects in the Southeast, including Perimeter Place, a 500,000-square-foot mixed-use urban redevelopment project in the Perimeter Center area of Atlanta; Oakleaf Town Center, an 800,000-square-foot open-air regional shopping center located in Jacksonville, Florida; Winter Garden Village at Fowler Grove, a 1.15-million-square-foot open-air shopping center in Winter Garden, Florida; the redevelopment of Lindbergh Plaza in Atlanta; Shoppes at Southside, a specialty retail project in Jacksonville, Florida; Henry Town Center, a 700,000-square-foot regional shopping center located in Henry County, Georgia; and North Rivers Town Center, a 250,000-square-foot project located in Charleston, South Carolina.
· Representing a major financial institution in negotiating and structuring a loan workout, and subsequently the foreclosure, of a mortgage loan secured by a retail project located in Atlanta, Georgia.
· Representing The Pattillo Companies in connection with industrial development, leasing and build-to-suit projects throughout the Southeast, including the leasing and development of more than 10 million square feet of industrial buildings. Recent projects include facilities for Sears, GE, Kubota, Mando, BMW, Komatsu, Decoma, Pepsi, Pactiv and H.J. Heinz.
· Representing a major mortgage lender in negotiating and closing loans secured by multi-family, office, retail and industrial properties located in 29 states.
Professional Honors and Awards
· Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of real estate (2011)
· Recognized in The Legal 500 United States in the area of real estate (2008-2011)
· Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of real estate law (2009-2012)
· Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004-2012)
Professional and Community Involvement
· Fellow and Georgia State Chair, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
· Member, Urban Land Institute
· Member, NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
· Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements
· Author, "The Landlord's Lien Versus the Tenant's Ability to Obtain Financing," Retail Law Strategist (September 2004)
· Speaker, 2008 Conference on Mixed-Use Development (November 11-12, 2008)
News
Sutherland Makes Mark in The Legal 500 for 2011
December 1, 2011
Sutherland Attorneys, Practices Top Chambers USA 2011 Rankings
April 14, 2011
More than 40 Sutherland Attorneys Recognized as 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers
March 24, 2011
Sutherland Represents Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative in Acquisition of Sumpter Plant
April 5, 2010
Sutherland Attorneys Named 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
March 1, 2010
The Legal 500 United States Recognizes Sutherland
June 29, 2009
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert: Federal Banking Regulators Issue Guidance on "Prudent Commercial Real Estate Workouts"
November 6, 2009
Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Pre-Confirmation Tax Exemptions
June 18, 2008
Publications
The Landlord's Lien Versus the Tenant's Ability to Obtain Financing
September 2004 Posted with permission from Retail Law Strategist
Events
2008 Conference on Mixed-Use Development
November 11-12, 2008