Lee Stuart Smith - Lawyer in Orlando, FL

Lee Stuart Smith is a Partner in the firm's Real EstateSection. Mr. Smith represents state and national financial institutions inconnection with their Florida and multi-state commercial and real estate lendingactivities and workouts of distressed loans. Mr. Smith has significantexperience representing lenders in loan workouts including loan modificationsand restructurings, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, forbearance agreements,foreclosures and sales of REO. His lending representation has includedfinancings for hotels and timeshare resorts, retirement and assisted livingfacilities, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial centers, apartmentcommunities and residential subdivision development including borrowing base andasset based loans and loan participations and syndications.

Mr. Smithalso represents developers of master plan, residential and multifamily projectswhich includes the representation of national and international commercial andresidential developers in numerous areas of real estate and land use law,including land acquisition, ground leases, construction contract negotiations,builder agreements, financings including derivative swap agreements, site plannegotiations and approvals, developers agreements, easements, variances,conditional uses, leasing, impact fee agreements and community developmentdistricts, including the first community development district ever approved bythe City of Orlando.