William Packard

Real Estate Development & Finance

Joint Ventures

Will Packard's practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate. He crafts pragmatic legal advice to close client deals, drawing from his breadth of experience representing developers, lenders and owners of commercial real estate.

As chair of Robinson Bradshaw's Real Estate Department, Will regularly represents developer clients in the development, acquisition, disposition and financing of commercial real estate, with particular emphasis on retail and industrial projects.

Will also represents commercial landlords and tenants in the preparation and negotiation of leases for office, retail and industrial facilities, including ground leases. His diverse and extensive background in leasing has given him a good understanding of what can be expected in negotiations in order to efficiently finalize leases for clients.

Will represents borrowers and lenders in connection with acquisition and construction loans on a variety of projects secured by real estate, as well as workouts of such loans. He often acts as local counsel in connection with out-of-state lender loans secured by North Carolina and South Carolina projects.

Duke University

B.A.

1995

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J.D., with high honors

1999