Mr Paul Mattingly  > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Atlanta, United States > Lawyer Profile

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
1075 PEACHTREE STREET, NE
SUITE 2500
ATLANTA, GA 30309-3962
GEORGIA
United States
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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Paul is the national chair of the Real Estate department. During his tenure as chair, the Real Estate department has grown to be one of the five largest commercial real estate practices in the United States. The department regularly handles the largest and most complex real estate and real estate finance transactions.

As a practitioner, Paul leads teams that serve institutional real estate clients in transactions across the United States, including a real estate finance team that has closed loans having a value in excess of $6 billion in each of the last three years, and a leasing and development team that represents one of the world’s largest retailers on a national basis.

Paul has led the real estate department’s deployment of technology, process management, and innovative staffing models to provide exceptionally responsive service and value to our sophisticated clients.  He was a long-time member of the firm’s executive and compensation committees.

Education

  • JD, University of Kentucky
    With high distinction
    Phi Beta Kappa
    Kentucky Law Journal, articles editor
  • BA, University of Kentucky
    With high distinction

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Real estate

Seyfarth Shaw LLP‘s real estate department is regularly engaged by a wide range of clients to handle matters ranging from acquisitions and dispositions to financing work, developments, and lease agreements. The practice’s client list is varied, featuring large commercial and investment banks, public and private pension funds, and life insurance companies. The firm has formed specialty areas within the practice, including the data center services, healthcare real estate and finance, and distressed situations groups. The team is led by Paul Mattingly, who is national chair of the real estate department based out of the Atlanta office; he leads teams that serve institutional real estate clients in transactions across the US. Catherine Burns chairs the Boston real estate practice, and is co-chair of the development practice group, representing clients in all aspects of investment transactions and touching upon every major asset class. Also in Boston is Eric Greenberg, who is co-chair of the firm’s leasing practice and focuses on commercial, retail, and office leasing issues.