The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
Practice Expertise
- Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Commercial Real Estate Lending
- Construction
- Finance and Restructuring
Areas of Practice
- Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Commercial Real Estate Lending
- Construction
- Finance and Restructuring
- Hospitality
- Land Use and Development
- Leasing
- Natural Resources (Real Estate)
- Real Estate Investment and Finance
- Real Estate Life Sciences and Health Care
- Real Estate, Development and Finance
- Retail and Consumer Products View More
Profile
J.R.’s practice involves joint ventures, preferred equity structures, senior and mezzanine financing, as well as acquisitions and dispositions. His practice covers all asset classes and he has significant experience in hospitality, multi-family, office, industrial, student housing and senior living transactions. He advises individuals, corporations, investment funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and foreign governments on a wide variety of real estate related transactions both domestically and internationally.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, SMU Dedman School of Law, cum laude, 2005
BS, Saint Louis University, summa cum laude, 2002
Areas of Practice
- Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Commercial Real Estate Lending
- Construction
- Finance and Restructuring
- Hospitality
- Land Use and Development
- Leasing
- Natural Resources (Real Estate)
- Real Estate Investment and Finance
- Real Estate Life Sciences and Health Care
- Real Estate, Development and Finance
- Retail and Consumer Products
Professional Career
Professional Activities and Experience
- Legal 500 USA: The Clients’ Guide to the US Legal Profession. Recommended Lawyer in Real Estate, 2016
Articles
- Real Estate Investing in the Middle East: Foreign Ownership Restrictions in the GCC, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- “The Nuts & Bolts of Purchasing a Real Estate Note: Issues, Approaches, and Forms,” Texas State Bar Advanced Real Estate Law Course
- Real Estate Chapter, The Business Laws of the United Arab Emirates
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