Melissa L. Bandy

Practice Areas

Melissa Bandy advises businesses and individuals on commercial transaction matters including lending, real estate, corporate governance, entity formation and general business.

Experience

-Represents banks and other financial institutions in documenting and structuring secured and unsecured loans including asset-based financing, working capital revolving credit financing and real estate finance transactions.

-Represents real estate developers, real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity investors, property managers, construction contractors, and retailers concerning the conveyance, financing, purchase, development and leasing of real property.

-Advises clients in real estate and like-kind Section 1031 exchange transactions.

-Serves as counsel to multifamily property owners in connection with property acquisition financing and management, including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and HUD financing.

-Counsel to various business entities with respect to the formation, merger, restructuring, acquisition and sale of businesses.

Professional Memberships

-Chair, Mitchell Williams DEI Council

-Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals

-National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals

-National Multifamily Housing Council

-Arkansas Bar Association

-Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers

-Board of Directors, Museum of Discovery

-Served as Editor-in-Chief, UA Little Rock Law Review

Education