Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed Richard Miltimore as a shareholder in the firm’s growing Nashville office and to the Real Estate & Financial Services Department. Miltimore is an experienced real estate attorney and former business owner in the payment processing space. He is the 12th shareholder the department has added in the past 12 months and the fifth new shareholder in Polsinelli’s fast-expanding Nashville office in the past year. Polsinelli moved into a new office space in Nashville in October last year to accommodate the firm’s exceptional growth in Music City.
“Rick is a great fit for our Nashville office,” said John Peterson, Managing Partner of the firm’s Nashville office. “We have been expanding our real estate and finance bench here over the past years, and his addition will strengthen our team locally and nationwide. His additional experience in fintech and financial services will be a great asset for clients as well.”
“Rick is a versatile practitioner with a great skillset that complements our nationwide practice,” said Kraig Kohring, Chair of Polsinelli’s Real Estate & Financial Services Department. “Polsinelli nurtures an entrepreneurial mindset and Rick’s background is a great example of that. Our clients will benefit from his broad experience as a business owner and real estate attorney.”
“I’m excited to join a firm with Polsinelli’s mindset, capabilities, and platform,” said Miltimore. “Nashville is a fast-growing and dynamic market, and our team is ideally positioned to provide world-class legal service across a broad spectrum of client needs, both on local projects and globally. We pride ourselves on providing the highest possible quality of service to all our clients; however, we work hard to be more than just providers of a service – we view our relationship with each client as a strategic partnership.”
Miltimore advises private sector clients, including private property developers, owners, tenants and financial institutions, in a broad range of project finance and real estate transactions. He has extensive experience representing clients in matters related to real estate property acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, project development, secured lending as well as real estate joint venture and equity fund formation and investments. He has experience advising clients on mixed-use and lifestyle center projects, power plants, particularly solar, wind and gas fired, including land acquisitions and easement work. For sales, acquisitions and dispositions, his experience includes large single-asset “trophy” property transactions and multibillion-dollar portfolio transactions. He is also experienced in real estate finance, advising borrowers and lenders in commercial loan transactions across a variety of real estate assets.
Additionally, Miltimore has experience in all manners of payment processing solutions, including hard-to-place business types. He was co-owner of MG Transact, a boutique payment processing service company. Prior to this, he was a real estate partner at full-service law firm.
He earned his J.D. at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and holds a B.A. from Pepperdine University.
Polsinelli’s real estate experience cuts across all segments of the industry and includes collaborating with clients throughout every step of a real estate transaction. The firm’s attorneys have been involved in office, industrial, student housing, retail, mixed-use, resort and hospitality, multifamily and single-family residential transactions in virtually every state in the country. Polsinelli also has teams focusing on sub-markets such as health care and renewable energy. Recent accolades include: a national Tier 1 ranking in Real Estate Law by U.S. News and World Report 2023 “Best Law Firms;” being ranked and recognized by Chambers USA and being ranked in Real Estate by Legal 500.
Polsinelli real estate attorneys handle all aspects of a real estate deal – from acquisition through development, debt and equity financing, leasing and disposition. Every year, the firm’s real estate attorneys close billions of dollars worth of real estate transactions with industry leaders.
Source: www.polsinelli.com
