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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 2300
DENVER, CO 80202-5596
COLORADO
United States
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Christopher Payne
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner and Practice Leader of the Resort, Hospitality, and Timeshare Group
Career
Christopher Payne is Practice Leader of the Resort, Hospitality, and Timeshare Group, and works with developers, owners, operators, and lenders in real estate acquisition, land use, development, construction, condominium law, interval ownership, development, and secured lending, with emphasis on resort and mixed-use projects.
Admissions: Colorado
Memberships
American Resort Development Association, Trustee (2013-present), Federal Legislative Committee (2013-present)
Education
University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 1993), University of California, Los Angeles (M.A. 1989), University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A. 1986)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Ballard Spahr LLP represents leading banks, special servicers, private equity firms, REITs, CMBS lenders, and borrowers in the full breadth of complex transactional, leasing and development work. It is particularly known for its strength in land use, tax structuring, condominiums and hospitality resort developments. Department chair Amy McClain sits in the Baltimore office, with complementary assistance from Mary Jo George and Molly Bryson in Washington DC, head of its housing finance and affordable housing teams, respectively. James Walston in Minneapolis focuses on real estate development. For hotel developments and distressed assets, Christopher Payne in Denver and Dominic De Simone in Philadelphia, are recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense