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About
Provided by Gail L Mills
Practice Areas
Commercial & Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Commercial Real Estate Finance
Public Finance
Financial Services
Real Estate
Career
Gail Mills has been in practice since 1985, practicing with the Real Estate and Lending Practice Groups, with a focus on various commercial real estate transactions, representing both lenders and developers.
She has significant experience in representing banks and institutional lenders in retail, health care, multi-family, office, and industrial loan transactions, as well as commercial foreclosures/deed in lieu, workouts and restructures of defaulted real estate loans, receivership proceedings, and defaulted bond issues. Her developer experience includes retail, office, mixed-use, medical office, as well as residential communities. She has extensive experience in buying and selling all types of commercial properties, as well as recapitalization of existing properties and acquisition of distressed assets and defaulted loans.
Gail has extensive experience representing developers in economic incentive transactions with various cities for the development of commercial projects throughout the State of Alabama. In each of these transactions, she worked closely with the Mayor and City Councils in finalizing various development agreements.
Gail was admitted to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) in 2003. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2002 and has been listed in Chambers USA since 2005. In addition, Gail has been named to the Alabama Super Lawyers every year since its inception in 2008. Gail taught a commercial real estate transactions class as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School of Law in the spring of 2008.
Gail received her J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1985, where she was a member of the Alabama Law Review. She graduated magna cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College in 1982.
Professional Memberships
Alabama Bar Association
Fellow, American Bar Association
Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Education
University of Alabama School of Law
J.D.
1985
Birmingham-Southern College
B.S.
1982
Awards
Who’s Who in Banking
Birmingham Business Journal
2023
Banking and Finance Law
The Best Lawyers in America®️
2023
Commercial Finance Law
The Best Lawyers in America®
2023
Banking & Finance
Chambers USA
2022
Real Estate
Chambers USA
2022
"Lawyer of the Year," Birmingham, Alabama, Real Estate Law
The Best Lawyers in America®️
2015
"Lawyer of the Year," Birmingham, Alabama, Banking and Finance Law
The Best Lawyers in America®️
2018
Real Estate
Mid-South Super Lawyers
2016
Top Attorney
Birmingham Magazine's
2017
Real Estate
Alabama Super Lawyers
2015
Leaders in their Field
Chambers USA
2009
500 Dealmakers
Leaders in their Field
2007
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