John A. Decker | Professionals | Hunton & Williams LLP

Practices

Contact

Atlanta
p404.888.4010
f404.602.9025

Education

JD, Business Transactions, University of Tennessee College of Law, Editorial Board, Tennessee Law Review, Staff Editor, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, 2000
BA, History and Environmental Science, University of Virginia, 1996

Bar Admissions

Georgia
Tennessee

Memberships

Member, Georgia Bar Association
Member, Tennessee Bar Association
Member, Atlanta Bar Association
Member, Knoxville Bar Association

Atlanta
p404.888.4010
f404.602.9025

John's practice focuses on real estate development and finance.

Relevant Experience

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John's practice focuses on commercial real estate and real estate finance, corporate and asset based lending, real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), acquisitions and dispositions of owned and leased assets, general corporate and business matters and contract issues.

John is the head of the real estate practice group for the Atlanta office.

Relevant Experience

Represented commercial banks and specialty finance companies in secured lending transactions, focusing on security of multi-state commercial real estate assets and related documentation and negotiation.
Experience in the hospitality industry, involving hotel acquisitions, dispositions and financings, management and franchise agreements and public offerings.
Represented owners, landlords and tenants in structuring, negotiation and drafting of purchases, sales and leasebacks of commercial property assets, and related to commercial leases and licenses, including office, retail, restaurant and telecommunication spaces.
Advised REITs as well as other public and private companies in multiple property acquisitions, leasing, financing, dispositions and corporate matters, as well as tax-deferred real estate transactions, such as operating partnership unit transactions.
Represented national and regional full-service, fast casual and quick service restaurant companies in financings, acquisitions, dispositions, leasings and strategic initiatives.
Counsel to borrowers, lenders and other transaction parties in connection with a wide variety of matters, including entity formation, real estate acquisition, disposition and finance and tax matters. Additionally, regularly advises clients with respect to workouts and troubled assets.