Matthew W. Grill

Matt is a Shareholder in Maynard Nexsen’s Real Estate Practice Group. He co-chairs the Firm’s Multi-family service team and has also served on the Firm’s Executive Committee. Matt’s practice is national in scope, representing a diverse group of clients in connection with real estate matters throughout the United States. He has has over 25 years of experience representing Fortune 500 and other public companies, real estate funds, institutional investors, private sponsors, and developers in the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, and disposition of multi-family properties, health care properties, office buildings, industrial sites, shopping centers and retail properties, and condominiums and other residential projects. Matt has been widely recognized for his accomplishments in various practice areas by industry rankings, including Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers.

Investment and Operations

Matt works with his clients to facilitate their acquisition, sale, and management of commercial real estate assets. His services include structuring and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, conducting due diligence, setting up project, management and leasing agreements, obtaining debt and equity capital, and handling closings. Matt also partners closely with clients to solve property management issues which often involve lease enforcement, workouts, restructurings, and recapitalizations.

Development & Redevelopment

Matt counsels developers throughout the life cycle of their project, guiding them through the land acquisition and entitlement process, working with state and local governments to obtain incentives, negotiating leases and property management/leasing agreements, and sourcing debt and equity financing. He also handles development agreements, REAs, CC&Rs, and other key development documents.

Financing

Matt works with his clients to source both debt and equity capital for their projects. He advises both sponsors and limited partners in structuring and negotiating equity investment agreements with individuals, family offices, institutions, and funds.

Community & Professional

• International Council of Shopping Centers
• American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section)
• Alabama State Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Exceptional Foundation, Member of Board of Directors

• Routinely represents Fortune 500 healthcare company in the acquisition of medical clinic properties throughout the United States
• Routinely represents Fortune 100 retailer in the development of new retail stores throughout the southeast United States
• Represented Fortune 100 technology company in the development of several multi-billion-dollar data centers in Alabama
• Routinely represents large institutional investment funds in the acquisition and disposition of multi-family, industrial, retail, and office properties throughout the United States
• Routinely represents developer in the development, management and disposition of traditional high-rise and cottage-style build-to-rent properties throughout the southeast United States
• Routinely represent national privately-owned investors in the acquisition, management and disposition of multi-family properties throughout the United States
• Routinely represents national privately-owned investor in the acquisition, financing and disposition of single- and multi-tenant retail and medical office properties located in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, involving tenants such as Regions Bank, Compass Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, PNC Bank, 7-Eleven, McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, Panera, Longhorn Steakhouse, Starbucks, Hobby Lobby, Mattress Firm, National Tire and Battery, Bon Secour Medical, Spiracare Medical, Duke Medical, Greenville Hospital System and Deaconess Medical
• Represents the Birmingham Parking Authority as outside general counsel
• Represented developer in the acquisition, redevelopment and disposition of the 50-acre site of the southeast's first indoor shopping mall
• Represented developer in the assemblage, acquisition, development and financing of a 253-lot lakefront resort subdivision located on Goose Pond Island on Lake Guntersville in Alabama
• Represented special servicer in the workout of a CMBS loan secured by a 1 million square foot shopping mall
• Represented lender in the workout of a non-recourse loan secured by a 500,000 square foot shopping mall, including the negotiation and consummation of (i) a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreement with the obligors; (ii) the acquisition of the shopping mall by a third party purchaser via deed-in-lieu of foreclosure; and (iii) re-financing by the lender for such third party purchaser's acquisition of the shopping mall

Recognition

• Chambers USA: Leading Individual in the area of Real Estate (2018-present)
• The Best Lawyers in America© for Real Estate Law and Banking and Finance Law (2016-present)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers for Real Estate (2016-present)
• Alabama Super Lawyers for Real Estate (2012-2015)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Rating