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Real Estate
USA Guide 2026 : South Carolina
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Womble Bond Dickinson offers a full-service commercial real estate practice, including entity formation, financing, real estate acquisition and development (including land use and zoning), property management, and dispute resolution. Many of the firm's clients are investment funds and fund managers, including private and publicly traded REITs, with investment properties in the commercial, multifamily, senior housing, and healthcare industries. They also assist public and private companies, outside the real estate sector, in buying, selling, and leasing real estate for their operations.
Womble Bond Dickinson's South Carolina real estate team has experience in:
- Mixed-use development
- Multifamily acquisition, development, and management
- Planned communities
- Condominiums and Air Rights
- Retail development, management, and leasing
- Hospitality development, management, and franchising
- Healthcare facilities, including senior living and communities
- Data centers
- Public-Private partnerships
- Timberland and agricultural
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Womble Bond Dickinson handled all aspects of The Wrenn Group’s 80+ acre mixed-use project at Bowen, located in Hanahan, South Carolina.
Notable Practitioners
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Senior Statespeople 
Senior Statespeople Susan Smythe
Susan Smythe has a broad real estate practice that takes in financing and development transactions as well as zoning matters and conservation easements. She has many years' experience advising developers, among other clients. Senior Statespeople 
Senior Statespeople W Foster Gaillard
Foster Gaillard has experience in a wide array of transactional real estate matters, including development and financing agreements. He also advises on zoning, land use and regulatory issues concerning commercial real estate projects. Band 1 
Band 1 W Lindsay Smith
Lindsay Smith focuses primarily on financing transactions in the real estate sector, advising on development loans as well as acquisition finance matters. He has broad experience on both sides of complex deals, representing borrowers, lenders, landlords and tenants. Band 2 
Band 2 Amy Clayton
Amy Clayton advises financial institutions as well as developers and local businesses on complex transactions, leasing and finance matters. Band 2 
Band 2 Morris Ellison
Morris Ellison focuses his practice on matters relating to real estate and economic development, as well as real estate-related litigation. He handles development-related transactions and advises on the disposition of commercial real estate assets. Band 3 
Band 3 Daniel Orvin
Daniel Orvin has significant experience in real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions. He is also adept at handling development matters, including permitting and zoning issues.
Ranked Individuals at Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP (6)
South Carolina
Susan Smythe
Real Estate
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Real Estate
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Real Estate
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Real Estate
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Real Estate
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Real Estate
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Amy Clayton
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View profile of Daniel OrvinSusan Smythe
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Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP has rankings in the following guides
Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 USA 2026
Practice area: Real Estate
Location: District of Columbia
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