Christina Rather

Associate

Christina helps clients navigate real estate transactions, focusing on the acquisition, development, financing, sale, and leasing of commercial real estate.

Christina Rather Portrait

Christina brings a wealth of experience and a nuanced understanding of the real estate sector. She represents a diverse array of clients, including institutional investors, private equity funds, and other real estate developers, owners, operators and managers, in complex transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings and leasing.

Christina has successfully navigated transactions across various asset classes, including multifamily, office, retail, and industrial properties. Her practice is characterized by a commitment to understanding clients’ unique needs and delivering practical, business-oriented legal solutions. Christina’s aim with every client is to be both a trusted advisor and a valued team member.

Christina is an AFS Fellow and a member of the Firm’s Agriculture & AgTech Industry Group.

Client Work

Christina’s representative matters include:

  • Representation of a private real estate owner and retail shopping center operator in connection with a wide array of real estate transactions involving outdoor, grocery anchored retail centers.
  • Representation of clients in the food and beverage industry involving real estate development, focusing on acquisition, development and leasing.
  • Representation of private real estate developers that specialize in senior living communities, focusing on acquisitions, sales, development and financing of senior living communities.
  • Representation of banks and private funds in a broad range of real estate and commercial finance and related transactions.
  • Representation of several health care service providers in lease negotiations for their portfolios of office and retail uses.
  • Representation of a private company in multiple acquisitions of thousands of acres of farmland throughout the United States.

Publications, Presentations & Recognitions

Recognitions

  • Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers (2021-2025)
  • Hot List 2020, Lawyers of Color (2020)
  • Pathfinder, Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity (2020)
  • Diversity Mentorship Program, AdvanceLaw (2020)
  • Practices
  • Bar & Court Admissions
    • Georgia Bar
    • District of Columbia Bar
  • Education
    Vanderbilt University Law School, JD, 2015
    University of Virginia, BA, with distinction, 2012

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