Amanda is an associate in the Raleigh office of Troutman Sanders. Her core real estate practice spans several practice areas, focusing on real estate development, licensing, and land use, finance, and energy and infrastructure.

Representative Experience

Energy and Infrastructure 

Real estate counsel for international chemicals storage company in its $18,000,000 acquisition of port facility.

Real estate counsel for international energy company in its negotiation for sale of natural gas pipeline.

Real estate counsel for international energy company regarding North Carolina Utilities Commission regulations.

Real estate counsel for national lender in connection with the sale and lease-back of an 8MW solar facility in Ohio.

Real estate counsel for utility company in its acquisition of property for location of distribution station in northeastern North Carolina.

Real estate counsel in connection with review of mineral lease in West Virginia.

Real estate counsel for chemical company in its acquisition of property for rendering and recycling facility in central North Carolina.

Real Estate Development, Licensing, and Land Use

Real estate and land use counsel to national retailer in the zoning, site plan, annexation, permitting and entitlements processes for new and expanded facilities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and New York.

Licensing counsel to national and local retailers in the state and local alcohol, North Carolina Department of Revenue, and health department permitting and inspection processes for new and expanded facilities.

Land use counsel to lending institutions in connection with feasibility assessments of foreclosures of large subdivision and income-producing properties.

Real estate and land use counsel to international sustainable pulp and paper corporation in its acquisition of leasehold interest in paper products facility in eastern North Carolina.

Finance

Represent lending institutions in complex foreclosures of large subdivision and income-producing properties.

Represent lending institutions in successful non-judicial workout and restructuring of loan and automobile floor plan facilities.

Represent mortgage lending company in its creation, location, and licensing of multiple branch offices across the Southeast.

Local counsel for structured and syndicated financing transactions collectively exceeding $400,000,000.

Represent new companies through the corporate formation and leasing process, securing and closing Small Business Administration loans for initial financing purposes.

Represent local entity in $5,900,000.00 refinancing plan.

Represent lending institutions in potential bids by national auction for distressed assets in the Southeast.

Represent trusts in joint loan to real estate development company with respect to coastal properties in Virginia.

Publications
“Selling out the Farm? The Impact of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on Lending Institutions and the Small Farmer”, 10 N.C. Banking Institute J. 243 (2005).

Public Service
Member, Board of Trustees, Montessori School of Raleigh