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Jeffrey M. Smith

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Winston & Strawn LLP
Houston, Texas 77002-2925

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About Jeffrey M. Smith

In complex real estate transactions, Jeff Smith represents a diverse group of developers, private equity funds, investors, and large corporations. His extensive real estate experience includes representing landlords and tenants in office, industrial, and retail leasing, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties such as industrial facilities, apartment complexes, and large ranches for commercial operations, as well as representing equity investors in joint ventures. He has also represented receivers and lenders in secured commercial lending transactions ranging from construction to permanent financing workouts, foreclosures, troubled asset disposition, and note purchase and sale transactions.

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Winston & Strawn LLP

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/smith-jeffrey-m.html

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Houston, Texas 77002-2925

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Education

University of Illinois, JD, 2003University of Notre Dame, BA, 1997

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Texas

Awards

The Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law (2015–2022)The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law (2022)

Credentials

Jeff received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1997 from the University of Notre Dame. He obtained his J.D., summa cum laude, in 2003 from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he served as Symposium Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and was honored with a Rickert Award.

Publications

Presenter, “Real Estate Law” – Presentation to Corporate Counsel Externship Program, SMU Dedman School of Law, October 2021Presenter, “Emerging Trends in the Single-Family Sector” – Presentation on trends and unique issues that arise in the single-family build-to-rent and iBuyer spaces made to the Houston Real Estate Lawyers’ Council, June 2021Publication, “Office/Retail FAQ’s (COVID-19),” – Publication for Winston & Strawn COVID-19 Task Force related to common questions from tenants arising from COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020Presenter, “U.S. Real Estate” – Presentation providing a primer on basic principles in United States real estate transactions presented to Chinese companies, October 2017Contributor, “Loan Workouts” presented at South Texas College of Law Annual Real Estate Law Conference, June 2009Contributor, “Foreclosure Issues of 2007 – In a Difficult Economy” presented at University of Houston Law School Advanced Real Estate Court, November 2007Publication, “The Prospects for Continued Protection for Professionals Under the NLRA: Reaction to the Kentucky River Decision and the Expanding Notion of the Supervisor,” University of Illinois Law Review, Volume 2003, Number 2

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Jeff Smith represents a wide array of developers, private equity funds, investors, and large corporations in complex real estate transactions.