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About the Seminar
This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours.

About the Book

Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate in South Carolina

 

Contributing Authors: Scott Y. Barnes, D. Sean Faulkner, M. Kevin Garrison, Thomas L. Harper Jr., Joan W. Hartley, Dorothy M. Helms, R. Mark Holmes, W. Thomas Lavender Jr., Claire T. Manning, Christopher S. McDonald, Judith L. McInnis , Edward G. Menzie, Mary Dameron Milliken, Gary W. Morris, Marshall Coleman Newton, Mark S. Sharpe, John S. Taylor, Michael W. Tighe, M. Jeffrey Vinzani, James I Warren III

 

As the economy recovers, commercial real estate practitioners should be prepared with the latest research and information from experienced practitioners in their respective areas of expertise. This book is the only SC Bar – CLE publication that addresses the practice of commercial real estate. This one-of-a-kind resource authored by 20 of the leading practitioners in this area includes 15 exceptional chapters on: commercial real estate contracts; commercial leasing; development agreements; economic development, governmental incentives, fee in lieu and related transactions; commercial real estate lending; closing opinions; land surveys and due diligence; zoning and land use; selective tax issues for commercial real estate; understanding and avoiding environmental pitfalls; easements affecting commercial real estate; title insurance; multistate practice and ethics; mortgage modifications; and, commercial foreclosure process and alternatives.

 

As an added bonus every form found in the book will be included on an accompanying CD saving the practitioner time and money.

 

Program Agenda

 

8:30 a.m.         Registration

 

8:50 a.m.         Welcome and Overview

                        Claire T. Manning

                        Chicago Title Insurance Company, Columbia

 

Each session will cover the top five challenges transactional lawyers face as the market improves.

 

9:00 a.m.        Closing Opinions 

Edward G. Menzie

Nexsen Pruet, LLC, Columbia

 

9:45 a.m.        Easements

                       Michael W. Tighe

                       Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC, Columbia

 

10:30 a.m.      Break

 

10:45 a.m.      Commercial Leasing

                       James I. Warren III

                       Wyche, PA, Greenville

 

11:30 a.m.      Development Agreements

                       M. Jeffrey Vinzani

                       Duggan Vinzani, LLC, Charleston

 

12:15 p.m.      Lunch (on your own)

 

1:30 p.m.        Economic Development, Governmental Incentives, Fee in Lieu and Related Transactions

                       William R. Johnson

                       Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, Columbia

 

2:00 p.m.        Multistate Practice and Ethics

                       Mark S. Sharpe

                       Warren & Sinkler, LLP, Charleston

 

2:30 p.m.        Selected Tax Issues

                       Scott Y. Barnes

                       Warren & Sinkler, LLP, Charleston

 

 

3:00 p.m.        Understanding and Avoiding Environmental Pitfalls

                       W. Thomas Lavender Jr.        

                       Nexsen Pruet, LLC, Columbia           

 

3:30 p.m.        Break

 

3:45 p.m.        Commercial Foreclosure Process and Alternatives

                       D. Sean Faulkner

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Greenville

 

4:15 p.m.        Mortgage Modifications

                       M. Kevin Garrison

Robinson McFadden & Moore, PC, Columbia

 

4:45 p.m.        Adjourn