Een vrouw met steil, schouderlang bruin haar en een wit overhemd en donkere blazer staat in een moderne, vage kantooromgeving, die de professionaliteit van topadvocaten in Chicago vertegenwoordigt.

Melanie R. Clark

Partner

Melanie Clark is een vastgoedtransactieadvocaat die cliënten adviseert over alle aspecten van grootschalige vastgoedprojecten, waaronder de aankoop en verkoop van grond, verhuur, financiering en projectontwikkeling. Ze is partner in de Corporate and Real Estate Practices van het kantoor en werkt vanuit het kantoor 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.

Representatieve ervaring*

  • 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.

*Sommige van deze zaken werden behandeld voordat ik bij Foley kwam werken.

Prijzen en erkenning

  • 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

Affiliaties

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

Presentaties en publicaties

  • 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 en winsten

Foley vertegenwoordigt KeyBank als enige kredietverstrekker in Lightshift Energy Project Finance Facility van $75 miljoen

Foley & Lardner LLP trad op als juridisch adviseur van KeyBanc Capital Markets, de bedrijfs- en investeringsbank van het in Cleveland gevestigde KeyCorp, voor de kredietfaciliteit van $75 miljoen ter ondersteuning van Lightshift Energy's groeiende vloot van batterijprojecten.
20 juni 2025 Onderscheidingen

Zes advocaten van Foley opgenomen in Utah Business' 2025 Legal Elite

Foley & Lardner LLP partners Jeff Bowman, Monica Call, Melanie Clark, Wes Harward, Whit Johnson en David Jordan zijn door Utah Business erkend als een van de 2025 Legal Elite.
5 juni 2025 Persberichten

Foley behaalt toppositie in Chambers USA 2025

Foley & Lardner LLP is er trots op opnieuw door Chambers & Partners erkend te worden als een van de toonaangevende advocatenkantoren in het land in de 2025 editie van Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
June 21, 2024 Honors and Awards

Five Foley Attorneys Named to Utah Business’ 2024 Legal Elite

Foley & Lardner LLP partners Monica Call, Jared Braithwaite, Melanie Clark, David Mortensen, and Ellen Ostrow are named to Utah Business’
6 juni 2024 Persberichten

Foley behaalt toppositie in Chambers USA 2024

Foley & Lardner LLP is verheugd aan te kondigen dat het opnieuw door Chambers & Partners is erkend als een van de toonaangevende advocatenkantoren in het land in de 2024 editie van Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
17 augustus 2023 Onderscheidingen

Foley advocaten opgenomen in 2024 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP kondigde vandaag met trots aan dat 236 advocaten van het kantoor, verspreid over 20 kantoren in de VS, zijn opgenomen in de 2024 editie van The Best Lawyers in America©.