Heartsill Ragon, III, (P.A.)

Mr. Ragon is a shareholder and director of Gill Ragon Owen, P.A. His practice focuses on the structure and documentation of sophisticated business transactions, commercial real estate transactions and lending transactions; the representation of sellers and purchasers of real estate and business ventures; the formation and administration of business entities; the representation of institutional investors in private equity and real estate transactions; the drafting of private placement memoranda related to securities offerings; and the representation of the issuers and purchasers of tax-exempt municipal bonds. Notable activities during the past calendar year include Mr. Ragon’s service as: Diligence counsel to several of the state’s largest pension funds, charitable foundations and family offices in connection with their substantial private equity investmentsLoan documentation counsel to the state’s largest banksPrimary and local counsel to national law firms, lenders and borrowers in connection with their commercial real estate and health care acquisition, disposition and financing transactionsPrimary counsel to a number of the nation’s largest resort development companies in connection with their lot, timeshare and condominium regime creation; registration and marketing activities; and receivables loan documentation transactionsBond and project counsel to a number of the state’s municipal and rural water utilities in connection with their expansion and operational issuesCounsel to energy services companies in connection with their alternative energy efficiency development projects and financingsCounsel to the state’s largest electric utilities in connection with their real estate related issues Mr. Ragon has been awarded and AV “preeminent” rating by Martindale Hubbell; has been recognized by Chambers and Partners, an international lawyer rating organization, in its corporate and commercial category; has been “Top Rated” as a banking and finance attorney by The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel magazine; has been top ranked in Mid-South Super Lawyers as a corporate/commercial, mergers/acquisition and real estate attorney; has been awarded Best in Real Estate Finance—Arkansas by Corporate America Legal Elite; and has been selected as “Top Lawyer” by Arkansas Life Magazine in 2017.