Jeff has experience in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions and dispositions, financing, workouts, leasing, development and the structuring and negotiation of complex real estate transactions. Representative Experience Regular representation of four of the largest national banks in the United States in structuring, documenting and closing construction, mezzanine and permanent loans secured by mixed use facilities, office buildings, retail shopping centers, multifamily projects, medical office buildings and raw land. Counsel to national bank in regard to a syndicated permanent loan facility secured by a retail shopping mall in Michigan. Counsel to REIT as borrower in closing a permanent loan secured by an 800,000 square foot office building in Atlanta, Georgia. Counsel to institutional investor in regard to a joint venture formed to develop a multi-family project in Charlotte, North Carolina. Counsel to private equity investor as lender in regard to the closing of a mezzanine loan secured by a town home development. Counsel for real estate investor in acquiring and renovating an apartment project in Atlanta, Georgia. Counsel to national bank in regard to a syndicated permanent loan facility secured by a mixed use residential and retail facility in Atlanta, Georgia. Counsel to Fortune 500 company in connection with acquisition of an industrial master condominium unit within a mixed use development and acquisition of raw land for development of a new production facility. Counsel to REIT as purchaser in connection with acquisition and subsequent lease back of multiple office buildings. Counsel to developer in connection with sale of a portfolio of fully leased retail shopping center outparcels. Counsel to REIT in connection with the sale of medical office building condominium units in Atlanta, Georgia. Counsel to quick serve restaurant operator in connection with the development of new restaurants throughout the southeastern and southwestern United States. Presentations and Speaking Engagements NBI, Speaker, Drafting Commercial Real Estate Leases, August 2008. NBI, Speaker, Ethical Issues in Real Estate Financing, October 2007. GSCPA Seminar, Closing the Financing and Acquisition of Development Property, February 2006. Work Experience Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2008-present Associate, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2005-2007 Associate, Jones Day, 1997-2004 Law Clerk, Hon. Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., Chief Judge, Southern District of Georgia, 1996-1997 Law Clerk, Hon. W. Leon Barfield, United States Magistrate Judge, Southern District of Georgia, 1994-1996 Memberships · State Bar of Georgia, Real Property Law Section (Opinion Committee) · Atlanta Bar Association |