Overview
Experience
Credentials
Perspectives

James G. M. Lenschau is a member of the Firm’s Real Estate and Lending Team.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate, secured lending, and related business transactions.  In the area of commercial real estate, Mr. Lenschau represents investor groups, real estate developers, acquisition and leasing entities, small businesses, non-profits, and individuals in a variety of business transactions pertaining to the acquisition, disposition, development, and financing of a variety of commercial property types including office buildings, warehouses, hotels, multifamily housing, and shopping centers.  He is experienced in the leasing of real estate, representing both landlords and tenants. 

Mr. Lenschau also represents financial institutions, lenders, and borrowers in commercial real estate loans, commercial asset based loans, and unsecured credit facilities.  He has extensive experience in contract negotiations, title insurance, title and survey evaluations, leasing matters, serving as local counsel on multi-state transactions, providing guidance on matters of Tennessee law, and delivering Tennessee legal opinions.  He advises and assists owners of real estate on matters related to economic development, entitlements, qualified opportunity zones, environmental matters, and brownfield redevelopment.  He is an approved title attorney for Chicago Title Insurance Company. 

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REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  • Represent owners, landlords and tenants of real estate in a wide variety of projects, including the acquisition, financing, leasing and sale of shopping centers, hotels and multi-family housing developments, and office, commercial, and retail spaces and centers.
  • Assist businesses that are expanding in or relocating to Tennessee through various economic development incentives.
  • Draft and negotiate documents related to entity formation, acquisition and sale.
  • Drafting and negotiating Brownfield agreements.
  • Counsel real estate owners in a wide variety of residential, office, commercial and retail developments.

EDUCATION

J.D., Southern Methodist University (Editor-in-Chief, Computer Law Review and Technology Journal)

B.S., Geography, University of California, Davis

ADMISSIONS

Tennessee

HONORS

  • Approved Title Examining Attorney Chicago Title Insurance Company
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers, Tennessee in the area of Real Estate (2013-present)
  • Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Commercial Transactions/UCC Law and Real Estate Law, 2016-present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Memphis Bar Association (Board Member, 2005)
  • Memphis Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Tennessee Bar Association
    • Environmental Section, Executive Council (2014 – Present)
    • Real Estate Section, Executive Council (2015 – Present; Chair, 2019 – 2020)

SEMINARS

Jim has presented on commercial and real estate law topics for programs sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers, various CLE providers, and several title insurance companies.

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