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Dawn Helms Sharff

Dawn Helms Sharff

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Real Estate, Healthcare Real Estate, Commercial Leasing, Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions, Real Estate Finance and Development, Banking and Financial Services

Career

Dawn represents developers, public companies, privately held entities and individuals in all types of commercial real estate transactions, including the buying, selling, leasing and developing of commercial real estate nationwide. She also has broad experience representing both lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions, with a particular emphasis on transactions involving commercial real estate.

Her commercial real estate practice includes representation of developers, as well as large companies that own and/or lease real estate assets across the United States as a part of their business operations. She has closed transactions involving multifamily, student housing, senior living, self-storage, retail, office, healthcare, hospitality, condominium and timber properties. Dawn also represents a number of financial institutions on syndicated and non-syndicated construction loans, interim and permanent loans, corporate revolvers and term loan facilities, subscription facilities and other commercial financing transaction.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar Association; Birmingham Bar Association; Women's Foundation of Alabama. Board Chair; Rotary Club of Birmingham

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Real Estate - Alabama

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Dawn Helms Sharff's wide-ranging real estate expertise includes construction loans and acquisitions, among other issues.

Strengths

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  • Dawn is a go-to for complex issues that may arise.

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  • Dawn is just an absolute rockstar.

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  • The level of service Dawn provides is exceptional. She is consistently responsive, thorough, proactive, often anticipating questions or issues before they arise.

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  • Dawn is responsive thoughtful, careful and a thorough lawyer.

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