James A. Manzi, Jr. is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice and the Hospitality, Resort & Golf and Senior Living Industry Teams. Prior to joining Foley & Lardner, he was a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mr. Manzi has more than 30 years of experience helping a broad spectrum of clients with complex real estate and corporate transactions. His clients have included two publicly traded multinational forest products companies; office building developers; residential project owners; banks and insurance companies making loans and doing workouts; individual entrepreneurs; corporations making multi-state acquisitions of facilities; individuals forming partnerships or limited liability companies to own and operate real estate; and landlords and tenants leasing office or retail space.
Mr. Manzi has completed transactions including:
- $600 million purchase of a pulp and paper mill in Alabama for a Canadian forest products company
- Closing of a $300 million secured financing with a syndicate of international banks
- Closing of a $300 million sale of timberlands in Alabama and Georgia
- Closing of a $100 million structured finance transaction involving various manufacturing facilities
- Ground lease and sale/leaseback transactions
- The creation, permitting and sale of multifamily dwellings, including senior housing communities, in the cooperative and condominium form of ownership
- Representation of lenders and borrowers in numerous real estate and corporate financing transactions, including construction and acquisition loans
- Workouts and restructurings of numerous loans on behalf of lenders and borrowers
- Rezoning and regulatory permitting of numerous real estate developments
- The drafting and negotiation of numerous construction, engineering and architectural contracts representing both owners and service professionals
Mr. Manzi has served as: vice president and general counsel of Collins Development Corporation, a Stamford, Connecticut real estate development company; a partner at the law firm of Cuddy, Lynch, Manzi & Bixby in Boston; and a partner in the Boston office of Milgrim Tomajan and Lee, P.C.
Mr. Manzi earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974. He received a B.S. with honors from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1971, where he was Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Manzi is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, and Florida.
Mr. Manzi has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system and was named to the list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers in 2004 and 2005, an honor received by only 5% of Massachusetts attorneys. He is also a recipient of the 2005 Lynford Lardner Community Service Award in recognition of his volunteer work and civic involvement. Mr. Manzi also is a pro bono volunteer for the Lawyer’s Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing, and the Boston Medical Legal Partnership.