Biography
Maggie Lu is an attorney in the Real Estate practice of Jackson Walker’s Houston office. She offers experience representing banks, mortgage companies, and brokers in the preparation and review of lending documents for real estate loans, commercial real estate acquisitions, commercial lines of credit, and construction loans. Maggie also handles entity formation and related corporate governance matters. In addition, she assists clients in leasehold agreements and ensures regulatory compliance related to residential and commercial real estate transactions.
Prior to Jackson Walker, Maggie practiced at a small Texas law firm serving the finance and mortgage lending industries.
Additional Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin
Education
B.A., University of Houston
J.D., summa cum laude, South Texas College of Law Houston
- South Texas Law Review, Assistant Research Editor
- The Lisa Dahm Award for Writing Excellence in Public Policy
- CALI Award for Excellence
- Order of Lytae
- Phi Delta Phi International Honor Society
Bar Admissions
Texas
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Real Estate Law, 2024
Speaking Engagements
- Panelist, “A Day in the Life of a Transactional Attorney,” South Texas College of Law Houston (November 2023)
- Moderator, “Protecting Our Foreign Clients in the Wake of SB 147 – A Panel Discussion,” Jackson Walker Internal CLE (May 2023)
Publications
- Guest Editor of issue and author of the introduction to “Spotlight on Secondments,” The Houston Lawyer, (May/June 2023)
- Guest Editor, The Houston Lawyer, (November/December 2022)
- Comment, Against Public Policy: Enforceability of Exculpatory Clause, 60:3 S. Tex. L. Rev. 497 (2019)
December 4, 2023
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – December 2023
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November 3, 2023
Client ResultsJackson Walker Represents Harmony Housing in Sale of 121 Affordable-Housing Projects
Jackson Walker acted as the primary legal representative for New York-based client Harmony Housing Advisors, Inc., a nonprofit organization established by Stephen Rosenberg, CEO and founder of Greystone, in the disposition of a national portfolio of 121 affordable housing projects to The Michaels Organization and related affiliates for approximately $1.36 billion.
August 24, 2023
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – August 2023
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August 17, 2023
Attorney News‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 287 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2024 Edition, Including 12 “Lawyers of the Year” and 80 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 287 Jackson Walker attorneys across 5 offices and 82 specialty practice areas in its 2024 edition, including 12 Lawyers of the Year and 80 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (66 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (60 attorneys) and the addition of 35 attorneys as Best Lawyers.
April 24, 2023
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2023
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April 21, 2022
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2022
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