Real Estate

The Texas real estate team at Winston Taylor is led by highly regarded partner Billie Ellis and partner Masae Ellis. Together, they bring decades of combined experience and have closed billions of dollars in transactions across the full spectrum of real estate asset classes. Masae was recognized as an “Associate to Watch” for two years and was recently ranked “Up and Coming Practitioner,” reflecting her growing prominence and strong contributions to the group.

The team is known for providing strategic, results-driven counsel to a diverse client base that includes national and Texas-based developers, lenders, private equity groups, REITs, family offices, and law firms. Clients consistently turn to Winston’s Texas real estate practice for complex transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, sale-leasebacks, and large-scale developments. Their work spans a wide array of asset types, including industrial, multifamily, single-family build-to-rent, hospitality, office, self-storage, and retail, offering clients not just legal depth, but a commercial understanding of the unique dynamics of each property type. The group’s ability to adapt to different deal structures and client needs, paired with their responsive and collaborative approach, has positioned them as a trusted advisor throughout the real estate lifecycle.