Significant issues can arise during the three phases of the design and construction process. Effective planning, performance and completion are critical to the success of any construction project. So is informed counsel that addresses a variety of business issues, including mergers and acquisitions, environmental and regulatory compliance, labor and employment, and bankruptcy and tax matters. The Bradley Construction team has extensive industry knowledge and experience that allows us to...
Practice Expertise
- Banking and Financial Services
- Real Estate
- Affordable Housing and Community Development
Areas of Practice
- Affordable Housing and Community Development
- Banking and Financial Services
- Real Estate
- Tax Credits
Profile
Atkins Roberts practices primarily in the areas of commercial finance and real estate, with a strong emphasis on affordable housing and community development, representing developers (including non-profit corporations) and lenders throughout the Southeast in numerous transactions involving low-income housing tax credits (federal and state). Atkins also works frequently with other conventional and subsidized financing sources such as HOME funds, Affordable Housing Program (AHP) funds, Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), and tax-exempt bond financing, as well as other financing programs from HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and USDA Rural Development. Additionally, he is outside general counsel to the Alabama Affordable Housing Association (AAHA), which is the affordable housing trade association for the State of Alabama.
Atkins is fluent in Spanish and has also worked closely with members of the firm's Corporate and Securities and Construction and Government Contracts practice groups to assist a number of clients with projects in Latin American markets. His experience in these types of projects includes licensing of intellectual property, negotiating distribution and agency agreements, mergers and acquisitions, forming Mexican and Argentine subsidiary entities for U.S. corporations, negotiating architectural services agreement, establishing warehouse operations and manufacturing plants in Mexico, and representing the owner in a legal dispute regarding power plant construction in Panama.
Atkins currently serves as chair of Bradley’s Business Development and Marketing Committee, leading the firm's strategy for business development, marketing communications and marketing technology.
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1998
Court Admissions
- United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Education
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1998
- Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Vina del Mar, Chile, M.B.A., 2000
- Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain, M.A., 1995
- Hampden-Sydney College, B.A., 1994
Areas of Practice
- Affordable Housing and Community Development
- Banking and Financial Services
- Real Estate
- Tax Credits
Blogs
It Pays to Be Covered
Bradley's It Pays to Be Covered Blog discusses insurance law developments and industry trends in property and casualty insurance, including the growing cyber insurance market, coverage for drones, and blockchain exposures. We also address practical risk management strategies of interest to risk managers, legal staff, and corporate officers and directors responsible for property and casualty insurance policy portfolios, claims management, and resolution. Our attorneys provide insights based on...
The Law of Order
Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as nonprofits, political parties, homeowners associations, unions, churches, trade associations), and leadership of any type of organizational meeting. In an effort to make all things parliamentary more...
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