What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Real estate and construction
Within Land use/zoning , Fennemore Craig is a third tier firm,
Michael Phalen leads the land use team at Fennemore Craig, which handles mandates out of its Phoenix office. The firm is advising a premier hospitality real estate company on its ongoing land use and zoning work with the city of Phoenix, involving the Westin Kierland and Ritz Carlton Resort properties. Another client is Southwestern Power Group II, which the team is assisting on a number of proposed traditional and renewable energy projects.
Within Real estate, tier 4
At Fennemore Craig, Jay Kramer chairs the real estate practice group, which includes transactional, finance, land use and zoning, and construction attorneys located in offices throughout Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. Clients state that the group is ‘great’, ‘always responsive’, ‘reasonable in its billing’ and ‘easy to work with’. Kramer advised various affiliates of the Phoenix Suns basketball franchise regarding the sale of $72m secured promissory notes, which in turn were used to redeem outstanding bonds to finance the acquisition, construction and development of US Airways Center and the Sun Mercantile Building in Arizona. The team represented one of the world’s largest copper mining companies on acquiring a mine in the Southwest. The team has also developed a niche practice in Mexico-based projects and recently represented a client on a cross-border transaction relating to a 50,000-acre parcel of land located along the coastline in Sonora, Mexico. Mark Nesvig represented a private real estate investment firm and venture partner on its $28m acquisition of 4,508 acres at Merrill Ranch Community in Arizona. Joseph Chandler, Stephen Good and Nicolas Hoskins are highly regarded by clients.