Overview
Matt is a Shareholder and member of Maynard Nexsen’s Real Estate and Financial Services Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate law, commercial finance, and bankruptcy and restructuring. He has also served on the Firm’s Executive Committee.
Matt has more than twenty years of experience representing developers, sponsors, and investors in the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, and disposition of real estate, including shopping centers and retail properties, office buildings, multifamily properties, condominiums and other residential projects, undeveloped land, health care properties, industrial sites, and other commercial properties.
Matt’s practice also includes the representation of borrowers and lenders in secured and unsecured transactions and multi-state transactions. In addition, he regularly represents special servicers, banks and financial institutions in the creative restructuring and disposition of problem loans (especially those involving real estate collateral), and has significant experience with note sales/purchases, workouts, commercial foreclosures, and complex deed-in-lieu transactions, OREO sales, §363 sales, and bankruptcy matters.
A leader in the field, Matt lectures in the areas of real estate and bankruptcy law, and he served on the Planning Committee for the Alabama Bar Institute’s Advanced Real Estate Seminar. He has been widely recognized for his accomplishments in various practice areas by industry rankings, including Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers.
Community & Professional
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section)
- Alabama State Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Exceptional Foundation, Member of Board of Directors
Closing Specialist
Jennifer Lerma
jlerma@maynardnexsen.com
205.488.3540
Admissions
- State Bar: Alabama
- U.S. District Court: Alabama (Northern, Middle, Southern)
- U.S. Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Alabama (Northern, Middle, Southern)