Lloyd T. Hardin, Jr.

Representative Experience

• Representation of owners, operators, managers, developers, brokers, interim lenders, mezzanine lenders, permanent lenders (whether conduit or portfolio in nature), institutional investors, sellers, purchasers, landlords and tenants in all phases of all types of commercial real estate or business transactions located throughout North America, Japan, the Pacific Rim and Europe. Specific examples include:
  • Liberty Park Office Complex, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Quail Springs Corporate Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma Tower, Corporate Tower, Mid-America Tower, Robinson Renaissance Building, City Place Building, CBD, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Harkins Theatre Complex, Sonic Building and the Bass Pro Project, Lower Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Ellis Square Complex, Savannah, Georgia
  • ARCO Plaza, Los Angeles, California
  • ITT Building, New York, New York
  • La Quinta Resort, La Quinta, California
  • Kiawah Island Resort, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
  • Carmel Valley Ranch Resort, Carmel Valley, California
  • Ocean Resort Hotel, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Gaillardia PUD, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Mosaic I and II Condominiums and Apartments, Houston, Texas
  • Lebanon Ridge Apartments, Frisco, Texas
  • Cobblestone I and II Apartments, Pearland, Texas
  • Casa Bella on Westshore Apartments, Tampa, Florida
• Representation of owners, architects, contractors and engineers in all phases of the design, planning, permitting and construction of most types of real estate improvements, located in numerous jurisdictions. Contractors on many of these projects were frequently very large construction companies, with the architects for the office and resort projects including highly regarded national design architects.
• Representation of oil and gas clients in entity and/or asset acquisitions, sales and ongoing operational, transportation, marketing or storage activities, as well as traditional, capital lease and convertible financing or funding structures therefor, including, for example, transactions involving upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas production assets, transmission, marketing, refining and retail facilities, storage facilities and formations (including both above-ground tanks, as well as collection, liquid gathering and injection well systems), all variously located both onshore and offshore, and including some of the larger public and private domestic, international and Native American companies. Transactions include:
  • Representation of clients in typical M&A entity and/or asset acquisitions, as well as funding structures therefor, including, for example, transactions involving oil and gas production assets (including Marcellus and Bakken shale plays), refining facilities, storage facilities, tank and pipeline projects and operations, as well as related production and marketing activities.
  • Representation of clients in synthetic leases and similar non-traditional financing issues such as New Market and similar tax credit structures, including, for example, oil and gas related production, refining, transportation and storage facilities, large international manufacturers’ financing structures for large scale equipment, machinery, jigs and dies for manufacturing of vehicles and aerospace components, as well as large power generation facilities.
  • Representation of domestic entities seeking to pursue the international export of proprietary knowledge, processes and products, as well as international joint ventures relating thereto, including inherent transfer pricing issues.
  • Representation of business clients in overseeing or managing numerous broad scale litigation matters from a business or transactional perspective, such as environmental remediation, strike suits, condemnation, ADA and in asserted qui tam, RICO and shareholder derivative claims.
• Representation of landlords and tenants, lenders and investors in all aspects of commercial space leases for office, retail, entertainment, food service and industrial uses, within both multi-story and free-standing projects, consisting of most types of urban and suburban settings, including build-to-suit projects; ground leases; single tenant or purpose facilities; absolute or triple net leases; storage leases; and subordination, attornment, subletting, assignment and termination issues related thereto. Retail examples include both internal and free-standing space within community centers, regional centers, specialty centers and power centers.
• Representation of clients in all aspects of the development of major golf residential and hotel resorts, including La Costa Hotel and Resort in Carlsbad, California; La Quinta Hotel and Golf Resort in La Quinta, California; Kiawah Island Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina; Carmel Valley Ranch Resort in Carmel, California; PGA West Resort in La Quinta, California; Rancho La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, California; Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley, California; The Payne Stewart Golf Club, Branson, Missouri; Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham, Alabama; Moreno Valley Golf Club in Moreno Valley, California; Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California; and Grenelefe Resort in Hillsborough, Florida.
• Representation of world-class golf courses in negotiating contracts for hosting major U.S. golf tournaments, including the 1988 PGA Golf Championship at Oak Tree Golf Club, 1991 Ryder Cup Golf Matches (U.S. vs. Europe) at Kiawah Island Ocean Course, 1987-1993 Skins Game PGA Golf Matches at PGA West Resort, 1987-1993 LPGA Nabisco/Dinah Shore Golf Championships at Mission Hills Country Club, 1994-1998 PGA Mercedes Championships at La Costa Resort, 1996-1998 Skins Game PGA Golf Matches at Rancho La Quinta Country Club, 1999-2000 Accenture World Match Play Golf Championship at La Costa Resort and the 2009 Woody-Vince Gill Charity Tournament at the Payne Stewart Golf Club.