Experts Directory

Nicolas AbouAssaly

Nicolas AbouAssaly is a real estate attorney with a focus on large real estate transactions, real estate tax protests and corporate and business transactions. Mr. AbouAssaly represents real estate owners and developers, builders, landlords, tenants, farmers, school districts and lenders in real estate transactions, including the most complex. Prior to joining the firm in 1997, Mr. AbouAssaly was an in-house attorney with Exxon Corporation in Houston, Texas. Mr. AbouAssaly is passionate about community support and is the current [...]

Julia A. Carpenter

Ms. Carpenter is the Chair of the firm's Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice Group. Her practice is devoted primarily to commercial lending, banking, real estate, corporate finance, and general corporate matters. She has over 30 years worth of experience in commercial lending transactions, including secured and unsecured lending, construction lending, letters of credit, leveraged acquisitions, real estate financings, subordinated financings, alternative energy financings and ESOP transactions which require financing. Ms. Carpenter currently serves as [...]

Timothy P. Schwartz

Timothy (Tim) Schwartz has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in commercial real estate transactions and general business transactions. He is the co-chair of the firm’s commercial real estate practice group. Mr. Schwartz’s practice focuses on the representation of clients in transactions related to various types of commercial real estate assets, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use properties, as well as unimproved land. He routinely drafts, negotiates, interprets, and enforces commercial leases, [...]