Matt Joe

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About Matt Joe

MATT JOE is a commercial real estate partner at Holland & Knight LLP, an lawyer, full service law firm with 30+ U.S. and international offices. Matt supervises and manages transactions involving the sale, construction, development, leasing, financing, and management of all classes and types of commercial real estate. He utilizes a practical, business-oriented approach in solving legal problems and structuring real estate transactions to achieve his clients' business objectives.Matt has extensive experience in managing and closing complex commercial real estate transactions involving national portfolios of real estate assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He routinely supervises teams of lawyers throughout the firm in conducting title, survey and leasing due diligence for large real estate deals.Matt regularly represents financial institutions and borrowers in originating, refinancing, modifying and foreclosing securitized and balance-sheet business and commercial real estate loans. He is experienced in structuring deals in accordance with S&P rating requirements and rendering bankruptcy non-consolidation opinions. He often serves as local counsel for borrowers and lenders needing Georgia-specific legal advice.Matt also represents landlords and tenants in negotiating office, retail, and industrial leases throughout the U.S. He negotiates leases on behalf of large institutional landlords, including privately held companies, pension funds, life insurance companies, and REITs. He also negotiates large headquarters leases, branch offices, and mission critical facilities for a number of nationally recognized companies.Matt is adept at managing deals involving the construction and development of retail stores, offices, warehouses, hotels, and specialized real estate assets, such as telecommunications facilities and data centers, and helps governmental clients increase local development and job creation by providing tax incentives to companies.