Gene Murphy

Of Counsel

Atlanta
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Overview

Gene Murphy has more than 35 years of experience representing clients in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries, including handling real estate transactions. He is widely recognized for his skill in providing the various forms of legal services that are needed by companies operating in residential development and home construction industries. Clients value Gene’s ability to understand and utilize innovative solutions to resolve complex transactional challenges and disputes arising out of real estate transactions.

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Real Estate Development
  • Represented a national homebuilder in connection with its acquisitions, developments and operations in a southeastern five-state region.
Condominium and Homeowner Associations
  • Drafted organizational documents for numerous condominium developments and planned unit developments, including numerous age-restricted and golf course communities.
Portfolio Dispositions
  • Served as lead counsel in the representation of a savings bank in the sale of a portfolio of auto loans totaling more than $2 billion.
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Experience

Real Estate Development
  • Represented a national homebuilder in connection with its acquisitions, developments and operations in a southeastern five-state region.
  • Represented a hotel developer in connection with the acquisition of a long-term lease of the property, and the restoration and redevelopment of the historic property.
Condominium and Homeowner Associations
  • Drafted organizational documents for numerous condominium developments and planned unit developments, including numerous age-restricted and golf course communities.
  • Drafted documentation for numerous time-share developments in Georgia.
Portfolio Dispositions
  • Served as lead counsel in the representation of a savings bank in the sale of a portfolio of auto loans totaling more than $2 billion.
  • Served as lead counsel in the representation of a large bank in the acquisition of a portfolio of credit card loans totaling more than $2.5 billion.
  • Served as lead counsel in the sale of a trust corporation's portfolio of more than 100 multifamily real estate loans.

Recognitions and Memberships

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Atlanta Bar Association

Community

  • Atlanta Civil War Round Table
  • Georgia Battlefields Association Trustee
  • Atlanta History Center
  • Georgia Trust for Historical Preservation
  • National Trust for Historical Preservation
  • Civil War Preservation Trust

Admissions

  • Georgia

Education

  • J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1973, Order of the Coif
  • B.A., Allegheny College, 1970