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Katherine R. Rist

Katherine R. Rist

USA 2026

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About

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USA

Practice Areas

Corporate, Finance, Real Estate

Career

Katherine R. Rist is a partner and real estate business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Katherine has experience in real estate transactions, representing financial institutions, land developers, investors, property owners, and managers in real property sales and acquisitions, real estate development and zoning matters, including mixed-use and residential condominium developments, and the negotiation of commercial and industrial leases. She is a member of the Real Estate and Finance & Financial Institutions Practices.

Katherine concentrates her work in affordable housing development and finance. She has experience representing developers and investors involved in the development of affordable multifamily housing and supportive living projects that use the syndication of low income housing tax credits, rental subsidies, governmental loans and grant programs, including HOME loans and FHLB Affordable Housing Program grants. Katherine also has experience in representing non-profit organizations along with for-profit developers in connection with FHA-insured multi-family loan transactions and direct HUD loans.

Education

University of Wisconsin Law School

JD

Washington University in St. Louis

BS

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Real Estate - Wisconsin

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Katherine Rist possesses a strong reputation for handling matters relating to affordable housing. She acts for both developers and investor-side clients.

Strengths

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  • Katherine is among the best real estate attorneys I have ever worked with. She has an excellent command of complex areas of law and real estate transactions.

    Real EstateChambers Guide to the USA

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