Bruce B. May - Lawyer in Phoenix, AZ

Mr. May has devoted his entire career to all aspects of the law and practice of complex real estate, finance, and commercial transactions throughout the country. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America? and Southwest Super Lawyers? in the category of real estate since the inception of both.

Mr. May was elected as a Fellow in The American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) in honor of his state-wide and national accomplishments. He is also a member of the Georgetown Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute (GACLI) in recognition of his expertise in commercial leasing and, while it was active, kept current with his corporate clients as a member of the International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate.

Looking to Mr. Mays extensive experience, he has been interviewed, and his opinions sought, by prominent nationally distributed newspapers, and has been a contributor to a syndicated radio program regarding events of national significance.

Mr. May has counseled sophisticated local, national, and international owners, developers, lenders, and investors in all phases of:

• Large scale mixed-use projects
• Condominium development and condominium owner associations
• Master-planned residential communities
• Apartments
• Regional and neighborhood shopping centers and stand-alone retail uses
• Office buildings
• Industrial properties
• Single family home-building businesses
• Public/private partnerships and public incentives
• Solar projects

In the course of such representation, he has developed specific expertise, in addition to his broad real estate experience, in:

• Complex leasing for retail, office, industrial and other uses
• Title insurance, coverages, endorsements and claims
• Broker licensing and regulated activities
• State and local tax issues arising from real estate transactions
• State constitutional gift clause prohibitions
• Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET)
• Federal, state and local subdivision laws
• Historical archeological burial sites, wetlands, protected species, habitat, and native plants, and other related environmental issues that impact real estate projects
• Lease enforcement and commercial lock-outs
• Enforcement of security instruments through receiverships and trustee sales
• Native American tribal law, practice, and procedure
• Community Facilities Districts (CFD)
• Construction law, contractor licensing and mechanics liens
• Condominium and master-planned community acts