Real Estate & Commercial Lending
Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison has extensive experience representing clients in the acquisition, development, management and sale of real property, and representing lenders and borrowers in a variety of loan transactions. The firm represents the interests of:
- Real estate developers (industrial, office, hotel, and retail)
- Hospitality companies
- Real estate brokerage companies
- Healthcare companies
- Shopping center owner-operators
- Hospital and physician management companies
- Condominium law
- Restaurant chains
- REITS
- High net worth individuals
- Tenants leasing land or buildings from governmental entities
- Trust companies and trust departments
- Other domestic and foreign real estate investors
Development, Zoning & Land Use
Our attorneys represent real estate developers on all aspects of commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments. Our practice in this area includes work on acquisitions, zoning and entitlements, leasing and financing real estate developments. We regularly represent clients in hearings and other proceedings before boards, commissions and councils concerned with licensing, zoning, planning and land use issues. The firm also has experience in litigating a wide range of real estate conflicts, such as eminent domain matters. Partners in the firm are present or past members of Nashville’s Metro Council, its Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals.
Commercial Lending
Our attorneys regularly represent numerous banks, insurance companies, and other institutional lenders, venture capital firms, and private equity firms in financing transactions, including:
- Multi-lender credit syndications
- Mezzanine loans with equity features
- Real estate and construction loans
- Syndication financings
- Securitized real estate loans
- Industrial development project financing and other tax-exempt financing
- Tax increment financing
- Asset-based loans
- Asset securitizations
- Sale and leaseback transactions
We also routinely represent borrowers in the negotiation and documentation of sophisticated financing arrangements, including multi-state mortgage financings, and interim and permanent mortgage loans.
Leasing/Landlord & Tenant Issues
We have extensive experience in all facets of commercial leasing and a significant portion of our real estate practice involves lease preparation, review and negotiation for both landlords and tenants. We regularly represent landlords and tenants in lease disputes.
Multi-State Transactions
The firm frequently acts as special counsel in a variety of multi-state transactions involving out-of-state lenders. In these transactions, we commonly review loan and acquisition documents for Tennessee law compliance, provide legal opinion letters, provide title insurance services and provide general advice about securing loans with assets located in Tennessee.
Municipal Finance
We regularly represent borrowers, issuers, banks and government entities in connection with the issuance of private and public activity bonds.
Title Insurance
Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison assists its clients on title insurance matters. In addition to addressing specific title insurance issues for transactions, we serve as agents for Fidelity National Insurance Corporation, and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company. Tennessee is a “filed rate” title insurance state and, as a result, we provide title insurance at the same rates as other providers.