Allison S. McKown

Senior Counsel

Allison S. McKown

Senior Counsel

Allison McKown is a senior counsel and real estate lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Allison focuses her practice on representing investors, developers, property owners, tenants, financial institutions, and private lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice.

Allison counsels clients related to acquisitions, dispositions, development, and leasing of various asset classes, including office, retail, multi-family, hotel, golf course, and recreational amenity and warehouse facilities, as well as regularly representing both lenders and borrowers in connection with commercial lending, including construction financing, term lending, and asset-based lending.

Allison advises clients on finding solutions for development projects, including drafting reciprocal easement agreements, declarations, and development agreements. She also has substantial experience in various due diligence matters, including conducting title and survey examinations on behalf of buyers, lenders, and sellers, evaluating the legal risks of potential real estate investments, and assisting clients in clearing title matters.

Awards and Recognition

  • Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch – Real Estate Law (2023-2024)

Affiliations

  • Graduate, Leadership St. Pete (2023)
  • Leadership Development Committee, Leadership St. Pete Alumni Association (2023)
30 November 2023 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Concert Golf Partners in Acquisition of Northgate Country Club and Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Concert Golf Partners, a boutique owner-operator of upscale private golf and country clubs nationwide, in its acquisition of two private clubs in the Houston area: Northgate Country Club and Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club.
13 October 2023 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Tower Three in Sale of Champions Retreat Golf Club to Arcis Golf

Foley & Lardner LLP represented Tower Three Golf Champions Retreat LLC, a subsidiary of the private equity firm Tower Three Partners, founded by Bill Forrest, in its sale of the Champions Retreat Golf Club to Arcis Golf LLC.
17 August 2023 Honors and Awards

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced today that 236 of the firm’s attorneys across 20 U.S. offices have received recognition in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
20 January 2023 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises Mosaic on Sale of Streamsong Resort

Foley & Lardner LLP represented The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) in the sale of Streamsong Resort, one of the world’s leading golf destinations, for $160 million to Chicago-based KemperSports.
10 December 2022 Honors and Awards

Allison McKown Selected to Leadership St. Pete’s Class of 2023

Foley & Lardner LLP Senior Counsel Allison McKown was selected to the Leadership St. Pete Class of 2023.
18 August 2022 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced that 250 of our attorneys across 20 offices have received recognition in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.