Mark Carver

Real estate law

Banking and finance

Corporate law

Mark Carver practices primarily in the areas of real estate, finance and corporate law. He regularly works on real estate matters such as acquisitions and dispositions, development, leasing, zoning, title insurance and financing. Mark also frequently represents both borrowers and lenders on loan transactions, including serving as Tennessee counsel on many multi-state deals. He regularly represents bank trust departments on real estate matters. His practice also involves providing general business advice on corporate matters, qualifying and forming business entities and addressing environmental issues related to transactions.

Member, Real Property Section and Senior Lawyers Division, American Bar Association

Member, Nashville Bar Association

Member, Real Estate Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association

Past Chair, Real Estate Section, Nashville Bar Association

Carver, Mark and Fielding, Scott, Thomson West Tennessee Practice Series (eight chapters on real estate law)

Board Member, Gilda’s Club Nashville (President, 2012)

Past Board Member, Greenways For Nashville

Past Board Member, Metropolitan Greenways Commission

Past Board Member, Hospital Hospitality House

Past Board Member, YMCA Urban Services

Represents a national real estate company specializing in industrial developments on projects in the Southeast USA.

Represents individual real estate investors on purchase, sale, and financing transactions.

Represents Market Land Company, the owner of 20 retail shopping centers on all aspects of acquisition, financing, and operations.

Represents bank trust departments on real estate and leasing matters.

Regularly works with commercial real estate brokers and their clients on Tennessee transactions.

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.

University of Tennessee, B.A.

Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year,” Nashville, Litigation – Real Estate (2019)

Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law (2026); Litigation – Real Estate (2011 – 2026); Real Estate Law (2006 – 2025)

Chambers USA, Real Estate Law (2014 – 2026)

Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated

Mid-South Super Lawyers, Real Estate, Business & Corporate, Banking (2008 – 2015, 2017 – 2018)

Nashville Business Journal “Best of the Bar,” Commercial Real Estate (2016, 2019)

Nashville Business Journal CRE Leadership Award, Attorney of the Year, Real Estate (2020)

Nashville Business Journal “Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate”

The Best of the U.S. LLC, Real Estate