Biography
Lorin Williams Combs draws on more than 20 years of experience as in-house and outside counsel to advise commercial real estate developers and investors. Specifically, she focuses on handling the acquisition, development, financing, operation, and disposition of multifamily, student housing, retail, data center, office, and mixed-use and condominium projects.
As the former general counsel of a real estate development firm focused on multifamily and student housing projects, Lorin managed in-house and external legal teams related to complex real estate and corporate transactions. She also handled corporate governance matters, including entity formation and registration, operating agreements, joint venture agreements, and non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, as well as litigation and dispute resolution matters.
Prior to serving as in-house counsel, Lorin practiced at a national corporate law firm, where she concentrated on multifamily, retail, office and mixed-use/condominium developments, commercial agreements, and finance.
Education
B.A., with departmental honors, University of Texas at Austin
- Eta Sigma Phi, Mortar Board Honor Societies
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
- The Review of Litigation, Notes Editor
Bar Admissions
Texas
- Multifamily and mixed-use developments
- Condominium transactions, including creation of condominium regimes and condominium conversions
- Condominium development financing
- Commercial real estate transactions, including acquisition, development, financing, operation, and disposition
- Contracts and commercial agreements
- Corporate governance
- Complex negotiations
- Business advisory and solutions
- Risk management, litigation, and dispute resolution
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Real Estate Law, 2022
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Ranked for Real Estate, 2008-2010
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2009-2013
Presentations & Publications
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Texas Annotated Assignment of Rents,” The University of Texas School of Law 54th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, September 2020
- Co-Author, “Annotated Local Counsel Opinion,” The University of Texas School of Law 50th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, September 2016
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Risk vs. Reward: Lender Concerns When Making Loans to Condominium Developers and Condominium Associations,” The University of Texas School of Law 47th Annual William Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, September 2013
- Co-Author, “Preparing for the Worst: Texas SNDAs get Lenders, Landlords and Tenants on the Same Page in the Event of Foreclosure,” Texas Real Estate Business, May 2013
- Co-Author/Speaker, “What We Really Meant to Say…Revising the Texas Assignment of Rents in Light of Chapter 64 of the Texas Property Code,” The University of Texas School of Law 46th Annual William W. Gibson Mortgage, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, October 2012
- Co-Author/Speaker, “The Annotated Guaranty, Redux,” The University of Texas School of Law 45th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, September 2011
- Speaker and Panel Member, “The Case of the Disappearing Developer,” State Bar of Texas 32nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, July 2010
- Speaker, “Assets in Distress: Understanding the Issues When the Client Calls and What Steps to Take Immediately,” In-House CLE program for real estate, corporate and banking attorneys, May 2010
- Speaker and Panel Member, “Mixed Use Developments,” State Bar of Texas 2nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Strategies Conference, October 2008
- Co-Author, “Condominium and Mixed-Use Leasing Considerations,” Texas Real Estate Business, October 2008
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Mixing it Up: Leasing Issues in Multi-Use Condominiums,” State Bar of Texas 30th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, July 2008
- Speaker, “The Building Blocks of Condominium Law,” TexasBarCLE Live Webcast, February 2008
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Condominium and Mixed-Use Leasing Considerations,” the CLE International Conference Negotiating Leases Conference, February 2008
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Where Do We Go From Here? Suggestions on Structuring Mixed-Use Projects,” State Bar of Texas 29th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, July 2007
- Author, “The Sky’s the Limit: High-Rise, Mixed-Use and Other Condominium Development Mean Big Opportunities for Texas Lenders,” Texas Bar Journal, April 2007
- Author/Speaker, “A Due Diligence Checklist for Condominium Developers,” State Bar of Texas 17th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, March 2006
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Representing the Borrower in a Securitized Loan Transaction – What You Can Negotiate and When,” The University of Texas School of Law 38th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, September 2004
- Editor, Real Estate (Federal Courts) Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Reporter, April 2004 – August 2007
- Co-Author, “Waiver and the Quest for Lender Protection,” The University of Texas School of Law 37th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute, September 2003
- Co-Author/Speaker, “Texas Annotated Assignment of Rents,” State Bar of Texas 14th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, March 2003
- State Bar of Texas – Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Real Estate Legislative Affairs Committee, 2011-present
- Austin Bar Land Development Seminar, Planning Committee, 2021-present
- UT Law’s William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending and Servicing Institute, Planning Committee, 2015-2022
- State Bar of Texas – Corporate Counsel Section
- American Bar Association
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