Norton Rose Fulbright‘s real estate team is well known for its joint venture work throughout the US, with both domestic and foreign partners. The team is regularly engaged by corporations to handle acquisitions, financings, developments, and leasing agreements. Demonstrating the considerable breadth of the practice, the group is noted for its work related to industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use properties, as well as energy projects involving offshore and wind energy assets. John Jennings, based in San Antonio, heads up the real estate practice and focuses on commercial real estate matters and the negotiation of federal, state, and local economic development incentives. Elsewhere, the strength of the team is evidenced by the real estate finance expertise of Dani Davis in St Louis, and John Young, of the Chicago office, who has particular strength advising renewable energy developers and operators.
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Key clients
- Appian Capital Advisory LLP
- Associated Bank, N.A.
- CIBC Bank USA
- Crusoe Energy Systems
- Fifth Third Bank
- Invenergy
- Sol Systems, LLC
- Stifel Bank and Trust
- Top Hat Wind Energy Holdings LLC
- Trustmark National Bank
Work highlights
Represented Crusoe Energy, as a tenant, in its ground lease with Lancium for a 200MW data center development.
Represented Top Hat Wind Energy Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Invenergy LLC, in the development and $504m construction financing of a wind project in Logan County, Illinois.
Represented Sol Systems, LLC as project sponsor, on the real estate aspects related to the $251m construction loan and tax equity financing of a 150MW utility-scale solar facility located in Saline County, Illinois.
Lawyers
Practice head
John Jennings
Other key lawyers
Dani Davis; John Young