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Dawn Helms Sharff

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Dawn Helms Sharff

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Dawn has broad experience representing both lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions, with a particular emphasis on transactions involving commercial real estate. She also represents public companies, privately held entities and individuals in all types of commercial real estate transactions, including the buying, selling, leasing and developing of commercial real estate nationwide.

Dawn has broad experience representing both lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions, with a particular emphasis on transactions involving commercial real estate. She also represents public companies, privately held entities and individuals in all types of commercial real estate transactions, including the buying, selling, leasing and developing of commercial real estate nationwide.

Dawn represents a number of financial institutions on syndicated and non-syndicated construction loans, interim and permanent loans, subscription facilities, corporate revolvers and other commercial financing transactions. Dawn's commercial real estate practice includes representation of large companies that own and/or lease real estate assets across the United States as a part of their business operations, as well as developers of projects nationwide. She has closed transactions involving multifamily, retail, office, healthcare, condominium and timber properties. Dawn serves as primary outside counsel for a student housing developer with projects across the country, and she, along with the legal team she has assembled, coordinates all real estate acquisition, development and financing matters for that client. Dawn is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the Banking & Finance and Real Estate categories and in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law.

Experience

Dawn serves as lead counsel on commercial real estate and commercial financing matters, often coordinating a legal team involving other Bradley Arant Boult Cummings attorneys, as well as local counsel in other states.

Distinctions

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2009-2013 
  • Listed in Chambers USA
    • Banking & Finance, 2008-2013 
    • Real Estate, 2007-2009, Up-and-coming Individual 2007, 2013
  • Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, Real Estate, 2012-2013

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Alabama State Bar Association
  • Birmingham Bar Association
  • Girls Incorporated of Central Alabama, Board Chair, 2011

You May Not Know

When she is not working, Dawn enjoys running, reading and cheering for her daughters at gymnastics meets and volleyball games.