Tony has been with Stoll Keenon Ogden for more than 20 years. He is a Member with the firm, focusing primarily on Commercial Real Estate Law. His broad depth of experience in this area includes the structuring of buyout transactions involving assets totaling more than $100 million. He is also an experienced litigator and has represented clients in both state and federal courts in Kentucky.
Actively involved in the community, Tony has served as the chairman and the vice chair of the Real Estate Section of the Louisville Bar Association and on the Continuing Legal Education Committee.
Real Estate: For clients ranging from developers to health care providers, Tony provides counsel on the acquisition, leasing and zoning of properties. As part of these transactions, he consults on title examinations and insurance.
Mineral & Environmental Law: Tony leverages his expertise in real estate law to assist coal, oil and natural gas companies with the acquisition and sales of properties and mineral interests.
Alcohol & Hospitality: Tony routinely helps business owners, franchisors and other industry professionals with mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and lending, and asset management transition.
Recognition
• Best Lawyers®, Real Estate Law, 2021-present
• Kentucky Super Lawyers® Honoree, 2017-2019
• Chambers USA, Leading Lawyer for Business, Real Estate, 2015-2017
• Louisville Magazine, Top Lawyer, Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law, 2012-2014 and 2016
Work Highlights
Counsel for Local Developer
Acted as counsel for local developer in buyout of partner and restructuring of various entities and refinancings for numerous property loans relating thereto in excess of $100 million.
Related Practices: Real Estate
Statewide Real Estate
Statewide real estate counsel for local utility in several public bond financings and mortgage indenture filings totaling more than $100 million.
Related Practices: Real Estate
Hotel Sale and Defeasance
Represented five hotel property owners in the simultaneous sale of hotel assets and real estate in multiple states. As counsel to the hotel property, SKO negotiated and documented complex sales documents, served as title agent for certain hotel properties, closed two separate defeasance transactions prior to the closing of the asset sale, and ensured a smooth transition of the management of assets from the former owners to the purchasing entities.
Related Practices: Business Services, Corporate Finance & Lending, Mergers & Acquisitions
Zone Change for Enterprise Zone Mixed-Use Development and Distillery
SKO obtained a zone change and all related approvals for a new Mixed-Use Development and distillery on Whiskey Row in Downtown Louisville.
Related Practices: Real Estate
Reorganization, Refinancing and Acquisition of Major Healthcare Entity
Stoll Keenon Ogden represented a major healthcare services entity, its affiliated upstream and sister companies, its owners and its founding management team in comprehensive reorganization, refinancing and acquisition transactions totaling more than $300 million. The matters resulted in the closing of a senior secured term loan and revolving credit facilities secured by owned senior care facilities in four states with a 9-member syndicate of commercial banks; the requisition of waivers, consents and estoppels from various property lessors on leased senior care facilities in four states; restructuring of upstream holding companies and combination of two upstream ownership groups and boards of managers; the creation of a management company; the introduction of healthcare facility management agreements; the migration of payroll and benefits for more than 7,000 employees; the related restructuring of multiple lease and debt financing and supplier relationships; the creation and reorganization of multiple SPE organizations accompanied by extensive non-consolidation analysis and issuance of a substantive non-consolidation opinion to the lending syndicate; the exercise of purchase option and acquisition of multiple senior care facilities; the contribution of additional equity capital from the client’s majority owners; and the amendment and restructuring of multiple Master Lease and inter-creditor agreements.
Related Practices: Business Services, Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits, Tax, Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring, Corporate Finance & Lending, Healthcare, Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisition of Aggregate Processing & Handling Business
Represented a holding company in its acquisition of a business that designs, fabricates, installs and maintains aggregate processing and handling equipment.
Related Practices: Business Services, Mergers & Acquisitions
Purchase of Gas/Food Marts
Represented an oil company in the purchase of the assets and business of six gas and food mart locations.
Related Practices: Business Services, Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions
Land Swap Transaction
Acted as counsel for a hospital and healthcare provider in a transaction involving the swapping of real estate properties between the hospital/healthcare provider and a surgical operations provider.
Related Practices: Real Estate
Shopping Center Transaction & Acquisition
Acted as the title agent and local Kentucky counsel in a transaction involving the acquisition of a significant portion of a shopping center development.
Related Practices: Real Estate
News
118 SKO Attorneys Named to “2023 U.S. News Best Lawyers® in America”, Aug. 18, 2022
77 STOLL KEENON OGDEN ATTORNEYS HONORED IN “BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA” 2022 Edition, Aug. 19, 2021
73 Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC attorneys are recognized in the 2021 edition of the Best Lawyers in America®, one of the most respected legal peer-review guides in the world., Aug. 20, 2020
Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 52 Stoll Keenon Ogden Attorneys, Dec. 11, 2018
Five SKO Attorneys Recognized Among Top 50 Kentucky Super Lawyers, Nov. 18, 2016
30 SKO Attorneys Named “Top Lawyer” by Louisville Magazine, Mar. 2, 2016
Chambers USA Recognizes 24 SKO Attorneys, Feb. 22, 2016
Price estimate for Brown-Forman’s Main Street distillery jumps 50%, May 29, 2015
28 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2015, Apr. 1, 2015
33 SKO Attorneys Named “Top Lawyer” by Louisville Magazine, Mar. 25, 2014
25 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2014, Mar. 12, 2014
22 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2013, June 5, 2013
34 SKO Attorneys Names “Top Lawyer” by Louisville Magazine, Mar. 5, 2013
22 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2013, Feb. 10, 2013
22 SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2012, June 7, 2012
SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2012, Feb. 28, 2012
SKO Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2011, June 10, 2011
SKO Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA 2011, Mar. 16, 2011
Seminars
Biennial Case Law & Legislative Update for the Real Estate Attorney, University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, 16th Biennial Real Estate Law & Practice Institute, Speaker, 2021
Affiliations
• Louisville Bar Association, Chairman and Vice Chair of Real Estate Section • Continuing Legal Education Committee
• Kentucky Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Kentucky CCIM, member
• Kentucky Commercial Real Estate Conference, Planning Committee Curriculum Chair, 2014-present
