Richard Grant is a founding member of the firm and has practiced law in Southwest Florida since 1979. He has been board certified in real estate by The Florida Bar since 1987, and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America©, Florida Super Lawyers, and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. He has been recognized as The Best Lawyers in America “Fort Myers Area Best Lawyers Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2018 and “Fort Myers Area Best Lawyers Corporate Lawyer of the Year” for 2011 and 2015. He received the 2012 Medal of Honor from Collier County Bar Association and in 2014 was recognized as the Citizen of the Year in Collier County, Florida.
Practice Areas:
- Business Services
- Real Estate
Areas of Concentration:
- Real estate development and financing
- Real estate and business acquisitions and mergers
- Corporate and partnership law
- Construction law
- Condominium law
- Real property titles and land use
Professional Involvement:
- Florida Bar Real Estate Certification Committee (1999-2004) (2009-2015), Chair (2002-03), Chair (2014-2015)
- Florida Board of Bar Examiners, Former Member20th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Former Member and Chair
- Florida Bar Real Property Litigation Handbook, Former Advisor
- American Bar Association Subcommittees on Time Shares and Easements, Former Chair
- Collier County Bar Association, Former Director and Real Estate Attorneys Section, Chair
- University of Florida College of Law Center Association, Former Trustee
Publications/Presentations:
- Past speaker at Florida Bar seminars
- Past speaker at University of Miami Condominium Institute
- Past speaker at Collier County Bar Association seminars
- Co-Author, Chapter 9, Mixed-Use Communities and Mixed-Use Buildings, Florida Real Property Complex Transactions, 8th Edition (2016)
Representative Experience:
- Project documentation for complex urban residential, commercial, and mixed use developments
- Complex multi tier partnerships, joint ventures, and corporate structures
- Development, construction, and permanent real estate financing, corporate finance, and mezzanine finance
- Complex construction contracts
- Internal disputes within complex partnership and corporate entities
- Sale and purchase of all types of real estate and businesses
- General counsel to several substantial business entities
- Business entity organizations, reorganizations and mergers
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