W. Christopher (Chris) Rabil is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, and a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Real Estate Law. His practice is focused on retail, commercial, industrial, and multi-family acquisition, development, leasing, and finance. Chris has experience in all aspects of commercial real estate matters, including the acquisition and disposition of multi-asset portfolios, multi-family properties, timberland, hotels, warehouses, retail shopping centers, medical office buildings, and commercial buildings.
代表经验
- Represented AgReserves, Inc., a for profit affiliate of the Mormon Church, in a US $565 million acquisition of approximately 384,000 acres of Florida panhandle timber and rural lands, making the Mormon Church the largest private landowner in Florida.
- 代表一家私人开发公司出售 The Cliffs Communities 项目，该项目由位于卡罗莱纳山区的七个高尔夫球场社区组成。
- 代表喜达屋资本集团（Starwood Capital Group）的关联公司销售劳德代尔堡喜来登 "扬基克利伯 "海滩酒店（Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale "Yankee Clipper" Beach Hotel）和威斯汀海滩度假酒店（Westin Beach Resort & Spa）。
- Represented a private company in the acquisition of a beach golf resort & spa on the east coast of Florida.
- Represented the family office of one of the wealthiest individuals in the United States in the acquisition of approximately 550,000 acres of timberland in Florida.
奖项与表彰
- Recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in the area of real estate (2015)
- Selected to Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, NOTABLE – Real Estate / Land Use Attorneys (2018, 2025)
- Selected for inclusion in the 2016-2017 Florida Super Lawyers – Rising Stars® lists
- 同行评审评级为AV®卓越™，这是马丁代尔-哈贝尔同行评审评级体系中的最高绩效评级。
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