Ashley
H.
Story
Partner
Managing Partner - Raleigh Office
Practice Group Leader
Raleigh
New York
Business Phone:
919.835.4103; 212.704.6201
Business Fax:
919.829.8700
ashley.story@troutmansanders.com
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Ashley is the Managing Partner of the Raleigh office of Troutman Sanders. His practice focuses on the development, construction, permitting, acquisition and sale of retail, industrial and office property. Ashley also serves as the practice group leader of the firm’s Retail Properties Practice Group. The group includes over thirty attorneys in New York, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Atlanta, San Diego and Raleigh.
Representative Experience
Represented purchaser in acquisition and development of multiple shopping centers totaling $250,000,000
Counsel to national retailer in the acquisition and development of over one hundred new locations and expansions
Represented developer in the acquisition and development of marinas in the Southeast
Counsel for international company in its acquisition of port facility
Represented multinational corporation in securing North Carolina Jobs and Tax Incentives
Represented multiple large real estate developers in successful non-judicial workout and restructuring of loan facilities collectively totaling $900,000,000
Secured special and conditional use permits for real estate projects in more than twenty counties and municipalities
Debtor’s counsel for successful Chapter 11 reorganizations including a regional shopping mall in Virginia, multi-state healthcare provider in Southeast, apartment complexes in North Carolina and the District of Columbia, regional restaurant chain, multi-state construction company and a combined use development on the Outer Banks of North Carolina totaling over 20,000 acres
Represented Unsecured Creditor's Committees in successful recovery of preferences claim against Fortune 500 company based on unprecedented "insider" of an "insider" claim
Lender’s counsel for mezzanine finance provider in Chapter 11 filings for automotive parts distributor and discount department store chain
Public Service
Downtown Raleigh Alliance
Jobs for Life
American Friends of the London School of Economics
Campaign for Raleigh
Peace College Advisory Council
Other Distinctions
Selected as a Super Lawyer in Real Estate Transactions in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of North Carolina Super Lawyers, published by Law & Politics and Charlotte Magazine
Selected as a Super Lawyer in Land Use/Zoning in 2008 and 2009 editions of North Carolina Super Lawyers, published by Law & Politics and Charlotte Magazine
Selected as Super Lawyer for Corporate Counsel Edition in 2009
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Land Use and Zoning (2010)
Selected as Business Leader Real Estate Lawyer by Business Leader Magazine for 2009
Named to the Legal Elite in Business Bankruptcy by Business North Carolina Magazine
Work Experience
Managing Partner of the firm’s Raleigh office, 2003-present
Smith, Debnam, Narron Wyche Story & Myers, 1986-2003