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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Real Estate

USA Guide 2026 : Florida: North & Central

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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Nelson Mullins' Real Estate Team takes an integrated approach to help clients get their deals done the right way.

  • We help companies buy, sell, lease, develop, manage, and finance real estate, including large portfolio transactions.
  • Our clients include developers, banks and other lenders, private investment funds, REITs, national and regional retailers and restaurant groups, national franchise businesses, as well as publicly and privately held companies with real estate assets throughout the United States.
  • Client services range from national counsel roles on large portfolio transactions to development counsel to recurring and large volume commercial leasing work for both landlords and tenants to real estate and bankruptcy litigation and loan workouts.

National and lead counsel roles for large-scale matters

  • National counsel for acquisition and restructuring of multiple distressed-debt loan portfolios
  • Real estate diligence counsel for 120+ properties in national retail sale-leaseback transaction
  • Lead lease review counsel for acquisition of multi-state GSA asset pool
  • Lead diligence review counsel for portfolio of 60 loans secured by real estate across the country
  • Closing counsel for 120+ assets held on master repo lending lines
  • National leasing work for several franchises and national retail tenant
  • Counsel for dozens of real estate developer clients – buy, develop, finance, manage and sell commercial, multifamily, hospitality, assisted living, mixed use and other asset classes

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Real Estate - Florida: North & Central

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is well versed in real estate matters including sophisticated transactional work. The firm is particularly renowned for its expertise in real estate joint venture formation and financing. Clients include owners, developers and lenders. It cultivates a wide-reaching portfolio of work in the affordable housing domain, working with clients such as local, state and federal government agencies, asset and property managers, and for-profit and nonprofit developers across 35 states.

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Work Highlights

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  • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough represented Aventon Companies in the construction financing of a multifamily development project in Noth Carolina, as well as the disposition of multiple multifamily assets across Florida and Maryland.

Strengths

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  • The team has us completely covered, it is extremely responsive and can handle all aspects of a deal.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

  • Nelson Mullins has numerous specialty attorneys and resources to handle all of our needs under one firm.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

  • Nelson Mullins demonstrates an exceptional understanding of our business and the commercial realities of real estate development in Florida. The team appreciates how zoning and land use decisions affect financing, schedules and public sector approvals.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

  • Nelson Mullins offers rapid response times, the awareness of rapidly changing market conditions and the ability to negotiate to our benefit accordingly, as well as a thoughtful and careful work product.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • C. David Brown II
    C. David Brown II

    C. David Brown II

    David Brown offers experience advising on large-scale and complex developments, handling land use, transactional and financing matters for his clients.
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  • Jeffrey A. Deutch
    Jeffrey A. Deutch

    Jeffrey A. Deutch

    Jeffrey Deutch regularly advises on real estate developments and acquisitions for his developer clients, with additional strength in handling financing and joint venture matters.

    • Jeffrey Deutch is highly sophisticated and knowledgeable but most importantly business friendly. He understands negotiations as well as the highly technical side.

      Real Estate respondentUSA
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  • Clifford I. Hertz
    Clifford I. Hertz

    Clifford I. Hertz

    Clifford Hertz routinely handles land use disputes and zoning issues arising from projects in the education, agriculture and affordable housing sectors.

    • His level of service, sophistication and vision is excellent. His breadth of knowledge in South Florida is incredibly valuable in managing complex real estate transactions.

      Real Estate respondentUSA

    • Cliff Hertz is extremely experienced and knowledgeable in various areas, including land use and development. He has extensive institutional knowledge and is committed to providing a high level of service.

      Real Estate respondentUSA

    • He has a great ability to provide thoughtful and practical business advice.

      Real Estate respondentUSA

    • Clifford Hertz is the go-to person for us especially because of his agricultural land use and zoning knowledge.

      Real Estate respondentUSA
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  • Christopher Staller
    Christopher Staller

    Christopher Staller

    Christopher Staller is noted for his experience in handling a variety of residential and commercial real estate matters.

    • Christopher is an extraordinary attorney who understands both the technical matters and is skilled at negotiations and pointing out important risk points. He is very responsive, hard-working and produces work in a very timely manner.

      Real Estate respondentUSA

    • Christopher Staller is a superb all-around attorney. He has excellent legal knowledge and commercial awareness.

      Real Estate respondentUSA
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