一位棕色齐肩直发、身着白衬衫和深色西装外套的女士站在一个现代而模糊的办公环境中,代表着芝加哥顶级律师的专业水准。

Melanie R. Clark

合作伙伴

Melanie Clark 是一名房地产交易律师,经常就大型房地产项目的各个方面为客户提供咨询服务,包括土地收购和处置、租赁、融资和项目开发。她是公司和房地产业务部的合伙人,常驻盐湖城办事处。

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.

代表经验*

  • 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.

*其中某些事务是在加入 Foley 之前处理的。

奖项与表彰

  • 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

附属机构

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

演讲和出版物

  • 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)
2025 年 11 月 11 日 交易与胜利

Foley 代表 KeyBank 成为 7,500 万美元 Lightshift 能源项目融资贷款的唯一贷款人

Foley & Lardner LLP 律师事务所担任总部位于克利夫兰的 KeyCorp 旗下企业与投资银行部门 KeyBanc Capital Markets 的法律顾问,为 Lightshift Energy 公司提供 7500 万美元的信用贷款,以支持其不断扩大的电池项目群。
2025 年 6 月 20 日 荣誉与奖励

六名富理达律师入选《犹他州商业》2025 年法律精英榜

Foley & Lardner LLP 合伙人 Jeff Bowman、Monica Call、Melanie Clark、Wes Harward、Whit Johnson 和 David Jordan 被《犹他州商业》评为 2025 年法律精英。
2025 年 6 月 5 日 新闻发布

富理达在 2025 年《钱伯斯美国》杂志中名列前茅

Foley & Lardner LLP 很荣幸再次被《钱伯斯与合伙人》(Chambers & Partners)评为 2025 年版《钱伯斯美国:美国商业领先律师》(Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business)中的美国领先律师事务所之一。
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’
2024 年 6 月 6 日 新闻发布

富理达在 2024 年《钱伯斯美国》杂志中名列前茅

Foley & Lardner LLP 很高兴地宣布,在 2024 年版《钱伯斯美国》(Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business)中,Foley & Lardner LLP 再次被钱伯斯律师事务所评为全美领先律师事务所之一。
2023 年 8 月 17 日 荣誉与奖励

富理达律师入选 2024 年美国最佳律师排行榜

Foley & Lardner LLP 今天自豪地宣布,公司在美国 20 个办事处的 236 名律师入选 2024 年版《美国最佳律师》(The Best Lawyers in America©)。