Susan represents lenders and purchasers in commercial real estate transactions involving the purchase, development and related financing of retail centers, industrial business parks, and office buildings ranging from $5 million to $100 million. She also has experience in representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease transactions, including retail, office and industrial properties.
Susan regularly works with the Corporate, Long Term Care and Estate Planning practice groups of the Firm for clients who are situated in or have assets located in Texas. She has experience with the formation of business entities; preparation of corporate resolutions and other documents; handling due diligence for acquisitions of businesses; providing local counsel opinion letters for loan or other transactions; and trust and estate matters.
In addition, Susan handles loan workouts and real estate foreclosures and collection matters in both state and federal court. During her career, she has practiced extensively in the Texas bankruptcy courts representing secured and unsecured creditors including banks, finance companies, investment firms, landlords, energy and energy-related service companies in commercial bankruptcy cases and related litigation. She also has experience representing unsecured creditors' committees and Chapter 11 trustees in retail and energy cases.
Susan served for five years as in-house counsel for Weingarten Realty Investors, a NYSE Fortune 500 REIT which was acquired by Kimco Realty Corporation in 2021. While there, she drafted proposed legislation and testified before the Texas House of Representatives Business & Industries Committee.
Susan speaks Spanish.