Michele Lyerly

Practice Areas

Managing Partner of the firm's Greenville office and a member of its Executive Committee, Michele represents developers, investors and users of commercial real estate in the acquisition, construction, financing, development, leasing and sale of retail, office, apartment and mixed-use projects.

She has significant experience in the acquisition of land for large-scale retail, office and mixed-use developments, the negotiation of complex leases, the structuring of developments and the financing of large, mixed-use projects.

Michele's experience also includes negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, easements, restrictive covenants, development agreements, management agreements, ground leases and both retail and office leases. Her practice also includes real estate financing such as traditional acquisition and construction loans, new market tax credit financing and tax-deferred exchanges.

Career

Michele was a Partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, which combined with Fox Rothschild in 2018.

Education