Skip to content
Jackson Walker
  • People

        • View All People
  • Experience
        • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
        • Business Immigration & Compliance
        • Corporate & Securities
        • Cybersecurity, Data Protection, & Privacy
        • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (ERISA)
        • Energy
        • Environment & Natural Resources
        • Finance & Banking
        • Government Relations & Public Policy
        • Healthcare
        • Intellectual Property
        • International
        • Investigations & White Collar Defense
        • Labor & Employment
        • Land Use
        • Real Estate
        • Tax
        • Trial & Appellate Litigation
        • Trusts & Estates
  • News
        • All News
        • Fast Takes Podcasts
        • Future-Ready Business Podcast
        • Insights
        • Subscribe to JW News & Insights
  • Offices
        • Austin
        • Dallas
        • Fort Worth
        • Houston
        • San Angelo
        • San Antonio
        • Texarkana
  • Meet JW
    • How We Work
      • Globalaw
      • Project Management
      • Value Management
    • What We Value
      • Community
      • Diversity & Inclusion
      • Jackson Walker Women
      • Pro Bono
    • Who We Are
      • Meet JW Videos
      • Fast Takes Podcasts
      • Recognition
      • JW Alumni
  • JW Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Search



Contact | Careers
Jackson Walker
William Austin Nilson

William Austin Nilson

Associate, Austin
512.236.2287
wnilson@jw.com
Email LinkedIn vCard Print
Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate
  • Finance & Banking

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Multifamily & Residential | Real Estate
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Real Estate Portfolio Transactions | Large Scale

Biography

William Nilson is an attorney in the real estate group of Jackson Walker’s Austin office with a practice focused on assisting lenders, buyers, sellers, developers, investors, owners, managers, and others in the acquisition, disposition, investment, leasing, and management of commercial property.

Guiding clients through transactions from start to finish, William has broad experience handling commercial real estate matters from managing the closing of a single parcel retail agreement valued at more than $13 million, to conducting due diligence components on a more than $250 million asset portfolio transaction, and everything in between. He has authored comprehensive title, survey, and due diligence reports and schedules of critical contingencies, including reports on layered development agreements and environmental restrictions for clients in a myriad of commercial property transactions. William also regularly works with property owners, developers, and governmental authorities to protect use rights, future dispositions, and finance options for retail properties.

William’s real estate financing experience includes serving as a trusted advisor to clients when deciding the appropriate financing vehicle for each transaction, including lender-side financing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financing, as well as CMBS loans and portfolio loans. For portfolio financing in particular, clients appreciate William’s comprehensive understanding of complex title, survey, zoning, and borrower entity risk mitigation analysis and reporting.

In his leasing work, William often assists clients in the structuring and negotiation of commercial leases, with experience in lease turnovers, lease and sublease CMBS guideline risk assessments and related lender representations.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, William developed substantial legal experience as an Associate at another top real estate law firm for several years, and during law school served as a legislative intern to the Florida House of Representatives, where he researched topics and drafted memoranda related to bills and interests of the members and staff of the Health and Human Services Committee. Prior to that role, William held a legal intern position with the office of the Solicitor General of Florida.

William is an operatically trained lyric baritone and has performed in various collegiate, community, and professional settings and was trained in classical guitar at the collegiate level.

Education

B.M.E., magna cum laude, Florida State University College of Music

J.D., summa cum laude, Florida State University College of Law

  • Order of the Coif
  • Ladd Scholar
  • Florida State University Law Review
  • Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2020
Massachusetts, 2018
Florida, 2015

Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement
  • Florida State University College of Law, Ladd Scholar, 2012-2015
  • Phi Kappa Lambda
  • Order of the Coif
  • British American Business Council of New England, 2018-2019
  • Real Estate Council of Austin, 2020-Present
  • Best Buddies of Central Florida, Advisory Board Member, 2018
  • NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Central Florida Chapter, 2016-2018
  • Kappa Upsilon Chi, Kappa Chapter, Alumnus

Recognition & Accolades

  • Florida State University College of Law, Ladd Scholar, 2012-2015
  • Phi Kappa Lambda
  • Order of the Coif

Community Involvement

  • British American Business Council of New England, 2018-2019
  • Real Estate Council of Austin, 2020-Present
  • Best Buddies of Central Florida, Advisory Board Member, 2018
  • NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Central Florida Chapter, 2016-2018
  • Kappa Upsilon Chi, Kappa Chapter, Alumnus

Practice Areas

  • Finance & Banking
  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Multifamily & Residential | Real Estate
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Real Estate Portfolio Transactions | Large Scale
© 2023 Jackson Walker LLP
  • Terms of Use
  • Cookies & Tracking Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Attorney Advertising
  • SCAC
  • JW Login
LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Instagram
  • Who We Are
  • What We Value
  • How We Work
Subscribe to JW News & Insights
This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. View Cookie Policy Allow Cookies
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT