Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce the reappointment of Tampa partner Lee E. Nelson to the Florida State University Real Estate Executive Board of Directors.

Lee has served as a Director on Florida State University’s Real Estate Executive Board for nine years.

According to the organization, the Executive Board assists in advancing the FSU Real Estate Program's visibility and national standing and serves in an advisory capacity to the program's faculty to assist in developing strategies to enhance the program's resources, including career counseling, mentoring and placement of the program's students. The Executive Board also helps keep curriculum relevant, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and offers opportunities for students to network with industry executive.

 

About Lee Nelson

Lee Nelson is a partner in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the statewide Real Estate Practice Group. A Martindale Hubbell AV® rated attorney, Lee has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America® in banking and finance as well as real estate, and has been listed in Florida Super Lawyers for real estate law since 2006. Lee regularly represents banks, financial institutions, New York Stock Exchange and closely-held companies, as well as multinational, national and local developers in a variety of complex transactional matters. He negotiates, structures and closes deals involving the: sale and acquisition of improved property, such as Class A office buildings, shopping centers and industrial parks; acquisition, financing and development of multi-phased and mixed-use projects; development joint ventures; office, retail and industrial leases; master project permitting and entitlements, including annexations, development agreements and environmental resource permits; construction and working capital lending, as well as debt restructuring; corporate asset sales, acquisition and finance; and, other sophisticated business matters.