Matthew T. "Matt" Harris

Matthew T. "Matt" Harris


K&L Gates LLP

Recognized since 2007

Nashville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Land Use and Zoning Law

Litigation - Real Estate

Real Estate Law

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Public and private companies turn to Matt Harris to handle acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing and complex leasing of health care, multi-family, office, industrial and wireless communications properties. Also well versed in land use and zoning law, Matt has decades of experience in representing clients before planning commissions and zoning boards in connection with required approvals for often complex and controversial projects. Matt is widely regarded as enjoying one of the most diverse commercial real estate practices in the city. His practice ranges from representing industrial and distribution center clients in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of industrial and distribution center projects on a national basis, to representing health care clients in the real estate aspects of hospital acquisitions and in the acquisition and development of health care real estate, to serving as lead counsel to Tennessee-based companies on complex corporate relocation projects.

In addition, Matt is widely regarded as a preeminent wireless communications attorney with over two decades of experience in representing wireless communications clients in all aspects of real estate matters, including:

  • Coordinating all real estate associated with market acquisition and disposition projects;
  • Overseeing the firm's wireless communications real estate team in handling leasing and purchases on a multi-state basis for network new build and collocation projects; and
  • Representing telecommunications clients and other clients in the negotiation of distributed antenna system agreements.

    Clients hire Matt because he is practical and known for the ease in which he communicates with opposing counsel. Matt is known for being a very effective negotiator, but with an affable, non-contentious negotiating style, focused on protecting the client's interest while at the same time achieving the client's transaction objective in a timely and cost-effective manner. His gracious, respectful nature is refreshing and highly effective in achieving the client's desired goal of a successful transaction.

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Location
  • 501 Commerce Street, Suite 1500
    Nashville, TN 37203
Education
  • The University of Tennessee, J.D., graduated 1984
Bar Admissions
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Hearing Panel, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility - Member
  • Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations - Member
  • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties - Member

K&L Gates LLP
Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

299 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Real Estate Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Real Estate Law, Nashville (2020)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
  • Commercial
  • Land Use
  • Tax Certiorari
  • Zoning
Awards:
  • Named to the Nashville Business Journal's 2014 "Best of the Bar"
  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers in Real Estate since 2003

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