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Paul F. T. Edwards

Evans Petree PC
  • Recognized Since:
    2010
  • Recognized in:
    Banking and Finance Law
    Corporate Law...
  • Law School:
    Vanderbilt University
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://evanspetree.com/profes...
  • Website:
    https://www.evanspetree.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    901-525-6781
  • Phone Number:
    901-525-6781
  • Locations:
    1204 Office Park Drive, Unit B
    Oxford, MS 38655
  • 1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800
    Memphis, TN 38120

Paul Edwards represents real estate developers, investors, family corporations, and lending institutions. Mr. Edwards's main focus is transactional work, concentrating on corporate and real estate law.

Recent representation matters as lead counsel:

  • Negotiated and structured sale of $115 million company
  • Advised company in regulatory matters with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
  • Lender counsel in $30 million asset-based loan in Florida
  • Negotiation and sale of multiple shopping centers throughout southeast United States
  • Restructuring for successor planning of $25 million company with multiple stores
  • Successful lease negotiations with national grocery store chain
  • Structure and documentation of trusts and wills for $200 million estate plan
  • Lender counsel for in excess of $75 million in real estate and asset-based loans

He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Edwards was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 in the fields of Real Estate Law, Banking and Finance Law, and Corporate Law for the tenth year.

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Lawyer Bio

Paul Edwards represents real estate developers, investors, family corporations, and lending institutions. Mr. Edwards's main focus is transactional work, concentrating on corporate and real estate law.

Recent representation matters as lead counsel:

  • Negotiated and structured sale of $115 million company
  • Advised company in regulatory matters with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
  • Lender counsel in $30 million asset-based loan in Florida
  • Negotiation and sale of multiple shopping centers throughout southeast United States
  • Restructuring for successor planning of $25 million company with multiple stores
  • Successful lease negotiations with national grocery store chain
  • Structure and documentation of trusts and wills for $200 million estate plan
  • Lender counsel for in excess of $75 million in real estate and asset-based loans

He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Edwards was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 in the fields of Real Estate Law, Banking and Finance Law, and Corporate Law for the tenth year.

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Education:

  • University of Mississippi, B.A
  • Vanderbilt University , J.D.

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Law

Special Focus:

  • COVID-19
 

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Key: Awarded in Best Lawyers Not Currently Awarded for this Area in Best Lawyers

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Evans Petree PC
https://www.evanspetree.com
 
Headquarters
1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800
Memphis, TN 38120
901-525-6781
4 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

Mississippi

Mississippi

Oxford, MS

1204 Office Park Drive, Unit B

Oxford, MS 38655

United States

662-546-4655

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Tennessee

Tennessee

Franklin, TN

2550 Meridian Boulevard, Suite 200

Franklin, TN 37067

United States

615-567-8161

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Memphis, TN

6060 Poplar Ave, Suite 400

Memphis, TN 38120

United States

901-525-6781

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