Homer Lee Walker

Partner

Homer Lee Walker

Nickname: Lee

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Phone: 404.504.7631
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Homer “Lee” Walker is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Development & Finance, Real Estate Capital Markets, Sustainability and Funds & Alternative Investments practices where he focuses on the development and operational aspects of commercial and residential projects, including complex mixed-use projects, as well as formation and capitalization of joint venture platforms and investment funds. His clients include leading national REITs and developers, among them Atlanta-based Regent Partners, the developer of Buckhead’s award winning 50-story Sovereign Building.

Mr. Walker is featured as one of the leading Georgia lawyers for real estate in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2012) and is listed for excellence in commercial real estate in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-2012) and Georgia Super Lawyers (2006, 2008-2012). He is a frequent speaker on developer-oriented topics at legal and real estate industry events, including the legal issues surrounding LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification.

Representative Transactions

  • Represented the owner of Tower Place, a mixed-use project located in Atlanta, Georgia , for over 17 years, during which Mr. Walker handled all acquisition, joint venture, finance, development and disposition aspects related to over 2.85 million square feet of integrated office, residential, hotel, retail and related improvements.
  • Represents one of the country’s largest industrial developers in the formation of investment and development joint ventures pursuant to which industrial real estate assets valued in excess of $1.5 billion have been acquired, financed and developed.
  • Represents a publicly traded REIT in joint venture and development aspects of its office, retail and industrial development projects.
  • Represents clients with respect to development joint venture transactions, including hotel projects in Texas, Illinois, South Carolina and Connecticut and a joint venture between a private university and a publicly traded REIT for the development of a campus-oriented, mixed-use residential and retail complex located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Honors and Affiliations

Member, State Bar of Georgia (Real Estate Section)

Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

Member, Urban Land Use Institute (ULI)

Member, The Real Estate Group of Atlanta

Selected, The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law, 2006-2012

Selected, Georgia Super Lawyer as noted in Atlanta magazine, 2006, 2008-2012

Listed, Legal 500, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Real Estate, 2011

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Listed as a top lawyer in Real Estate, 2005-2012

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Bar Admissions

  • Georgia, 1986

Law School(s)

  • Emory University School of Law, 1986Juris Doctor (J.D.)
    • Member, editorial board for the Emory Law Journal

Under Grad / Grad
School(s)

  • University of Georgia, 1983Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa