Eine Frau mit glattem, schulterlangem braunem Haar, die ein weißes Hemd und einen dunklen Blazer trägt, steht in einer modernen, unscharfen Büroumgebung, die für die Professionalität der Spitzenanwälte in Chicago steht.

Melanie R. Clark

Partner

Melanie Clark ist Anwältin für Immobilientransaktionen und berät Kunden routinemäßig zu allen Aspekten großer Immobilienprojekte, einschließlich Erwerb und Veräußerung von Grundstücken, Leasing, Finanzierung und Projektentwicklung. Sie ist Partnerin in den Bereichen Gesellschaftsrecht und Immobilienrecht und arbeitet im Büro in Salt Lake City.

Melanie assists large and small real estate developers in acquiring and developing new projects, managing and leasing existing projects, and reconfiguring obsolete projects. She has worked with developers on a wide variety of real estate endeavors, including data centers, industrial sites, rail and transload terminals, condominium hotels, mixed use subdivisions, and fractional ownership clubs. Her experience includes providing legal counsel from initial land acquisition, financing, and entitlements to construction completion and operation or sale.

Repräsentative Erfahrung*

  • Represented buyer in acquisition of multiple apartment complexes with 300+ units.
  • Represented buyer in negotiating, documenting, and closing on purchase of portfolio with properties located in ten jurisdictions, including performing related due diligence review of properties.
  • Represented seller in negotiating and documenting portfolio sale of twelve restaurant properties.
  • Represented seller of inactive mining property, including transfer of permits and reclamation obligations.
  • Represented buyer in acquiring and obtaining entitlements for 300 acre property to be developed as a data center.
  • Real estate counsel for lender for $100M+ financing of greenhouse properties in California, Kentucky, and Texas.
  • Real estate counsel for lender in financing 150MW/600MWh battery storage project in Idaho.
  • Real estate counsel lender in financing portfolio of 88 solar, fuel cell, and battery storage projects across 21 states.
  • Real estate counsel for buyer acquiring portfolio of 30 solar projects with a capacity of 89 MWdc across 7 states.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 93.5 MWdc development stage solar project located in Kentucky.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 240 MWac utility scale solar project in Texas.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 100 MWac battery storage project in California.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 400 MWac development stage portfolio of solar projects in Ohio and California.
  • Represented buyer in acquiring and obtaining entitlements for raw land in Arizona, Ohio, North Carolina, and Utah for development of rail and transload facilities.
  • Represented clients in drafting and negotiating leases for office, retail, and industrial premises.
  • Represented developers in development of commercial and residential condominium and subdivision projects, including preparing covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, and HOA documentation.
  • Represented multiple developers of fractional interest projects, including preparing project and sales documents and registering projects with state real estate departments.
  • Researched regulatory structure, requirements and penalties in all 50 states for timeshares, exchange companies and short-term vacation products.
  • Drafted and negotiated easement and encroachment agreements for residential and commercial properties.
  • Obtained zoning approvals for large retailer.

*Einige dieser Angelegenheiten wurden bereits vor dem Eintritt bei Foley bearbeitet.

Auszeichnungen und Anerkennungen

  • Selected by Utah Business Magazine as Legal Elite (2024-2025)
  • Recognized by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®Real Estate Law (2024)
  • Selected as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Utah) by Chambers USA (currently: Real Estate), 2020–2025
  • Listed among Rising Stars (Real estate), Mountain States Super Lawyers®, 2014–2015, 2017–2019
  • Included in Utah Business Legal Elite, 2020
  • S. J. Quinney College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Drafting, Spring 2019–present

Zugehörigkeiten

  • Real Property Section CLE Committee, Utah State Bar, 2014–2015

Präsentationen und Veröffentlichungen

  • Co-presenter, “Structuring Your Deal Now to Plan for the Exit 15 Years Later,” 24th Annual Utah Housing Matters Conference (September 2020)
  • “Title Insurance Dissection – Real World Examples,” NBI Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah (May 2019)
  • “Spotting and Fixing Complicated Title Commitment Issues,” NBI Webinar (January 2019)
  • Co-author, “New Utah Law Prohibits Unequal Treatment for Rental Units by Homeowners Associations”, Ballard Spahr LLP Real Estate Law Blog (May 2015)
  • “Form Based Zoning,” Utah State Bar Annual Convention, Snowmass, Colorado (July 2013)
11. November 2025 Deals und Gewinne

Foley vertritt die KeyBank als alleinigen Kreditgeber in der 75-Millionen-Dollar-Finanzierungsfazilität für Lightshift Energy Project Finance

Foley & Lardner LLP war Rechtsberater von KeyBanc Capital Markets, dem Unternehmens- und Investmentbankingzweig von KeyCorp mit Sitz in Cleveland, bei der Kreditfazilität in Höhe von 75 Millionen US-Dollar zur Unterstützung der wachsenden Flotte von Batterieprojekten von Lightshift Energy.
20. Juni 2025 Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen

Sechs Foley-Anwälte werden in die Utah Business' 2025 Legal Elite aufgenommen

Die Partner von Foley & Lardner LLP, Jeff Bowman, Monica Call, Melanie Clark, Wes Harward, Whit Johnson und David Jordan, wurden von Utah Business in die Legal Elite 2025 aufgenommen.
5. Juni 2025 Presseveröffentlichungen

Foley sichert sich Top-Platzierungen bei Chambers USA 2025

Foley & Lardner LLP ist stolz darauf, von Chambers & Partners in der Ausgabe 2025 von Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business erneut als eine der führenden Anwaltskanzleien des Landes ausgezeichnet worden zu sein.
June 21, 2024 Honors and Awards

Fünf Anwälte von Foley in die „Legal Elite 2024” von Utah Business aufgenommen

Die Partner Monica Call, Jared Braithwaite, Melanie Clark, David Mortensen und Ellen Ostrow von Foley & Lardner LLP wurden von Utah Business in die Liste der
6. Juni 2024 Presseveröffentlichungen

Foley erreicht Spitzenplatzierungen bei Chambers USA 2024

Foley & Lardner LLP freut sich bekannt zu geben, dass sie in der Ausgabe 2024 von Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, erneut von Chambers & Partners als eine der führenden Anwaltskanzleien des Landes anerkannt wird.
17. August 2023 Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen

Foley-Anwälte werden in den 2024 Best Lawyers in America aufgeführt

Foley & Lardner LLP gab heute mit Stolz bekannt, dass 236 Anwälte der Kanzlei aus 20 US-Büros in der Ausgabe 2024 von The Best Lawyers in America© ausgezeichnet worden sind.