Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025 
Spencer Katona is an attorney with Spotts Fain PC in Richmond, Virginia whose practice focuses on Real Estate Law, commercial lending and financing transactions, corporate and business transactions, and land use and development matters. He represents institutional lenders in secured and unsecured commercial financing transactions, including FHA and Fannie Mae matters, and assists clients with the structuring, drafting, and negotiation of loan documentation for real estate development projects involving hotels, medical office properties, retail centers, multifamily developments, and historic tax credit transactions.
In addition to his lending and finance work, Spencer advises public and private companies on a range of commercial real estate and business matters, including the acquisition and sale of real property, development projects, leasing transactions, and entity selection considerations. His commercial leasing practice includes preparing and negotiating ground leases, build-to-suit agreements, reverse build-to-suit arrangements, and sale-leaseback transactions. He represents both landlords and tenants, including national wholesalers, retailers, restaurants, franchisees, medical office users, and suppliers throughout Virginia and beyond.
