Robert is a member of our Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group. He focuses his practice on Real Estate Development and Finance, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Commercial Finance.
Overview
Robert is a member of our Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group. He focuses his practice on Real Estate Development and Finance, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Commercial Finance.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Primary counsel to developer of a $100 million+ mixed-use development, including office, retail, hospitality and multifamily components.
- Currently serves as lead outside real estate counsel in the development of a $1.4 billion tire manufacturing facility.
- Extensive experience advising clients in connection with purchase and sale of office assets, including representation of NYSE listed REIT in numerous acquisitions and financings in multiple states.
- Represented developers and lenders in historic tax credit funded transactions, including multifamily and data center developments.
- Represented lender in build-to-suit development of orthopedic hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi financed with New Markets Tax Credits and Go-Zone Bonds.
- Primary counsel on structuring of a divisive reorganization of a family owned chain of convenience stores, which included both corporate and limited liability company entities.
- Lead counsel on numerous securitized, bank and insurance company mortgage transactions.
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®– Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Corporate Law, 2013-2025
- Real Estate Law, 2013-2025
- Lawyer of the Year, Real Estate Law (Jackson, Miss.), 2020
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Real Estate (Mississippi), 2016-2025
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1992
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1992
- Symposium Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
- James O. Eastland Scholar
- Phi Kappa Phi
- University of Texas at Austin, B.S., Physics, 1988
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- Business Law Section
- Mississippi Bar
- Capital Area Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Co-Author, “2021 Mississippi Real Estate Law and Practice Section,” Chambers Global Practice Guides – USA Regional Real Estate, May 2021.
- Co-Author, “2020 Mississippi Real Estate Law and Practice Section,” Chambers Global Practice Guides – USA Regional Real Estate, May 2020.
- Co-Author, “2019 Mississippi Real Estate Law and Practice Section,” Chambers Global Practice Guides – USA Regional Real Estate, May 2019.
- Co-Author, “2018 Mississippi Real Estate Law and Practice Section,” Chambers Global Practice Guides – USA Regional Real Estate, August 2018.
Civic Involvement
- Stewpot Community Services
- Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, Board of Directors, Former Member
- Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1 - Greater Jackson, Assistant Scoutmaster
- St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Annual Fund Campaign, Chair
- TechJXN, Volunteer