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Ernesto Segura

Husch Blackwell

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star - State
Bar Admissions:
Illinois
Missouri
Practice Areas:
Real estate and Construction
Biography

Ernesto is a key player in high-profile real estate and public financing transactions across the Midwest, counselling developers and public bodies on all aspects of development, from land acquisition through the construction and leasing of commercial, industrial and residential properties.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Represented NorthPoint Development in the acquisition and redevelopment of a stalled, 165-acre industrial logistics center embroiled in multimillion-dollar litigation. The team unwound existing public financing incentives and negotiated and implemented new public financing incentives, including real property tax abatement and New Markets Tax Credits
  • Retained by owners of St. Louis Blues NHL franchise to structure and negotiate governmental incentives provided by City of St. Louis to support first phase of $140 million renovation of Enterprise Center
  • Represented developer in public financing for a new office tower, which consisted of $202 million Chapter 100 bond financing and $18.5 million transportation development district bond financing
Practice areas
  • Project development
  • Real estate finance
Sector specialisations
  • Real estate
Bar admissions
  • Missouri, Illinois
Association memberships
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Illinois State Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, Missouri Economic Development Financing Association, Regional Business Council, Young Professionals Network; Urban Land Institute
Academic qualifications
  • J. D. cum laude Saint Louis University School of Law; B.A.University of Colorado-Boulder
Address:
St. Louis, MO
Tel:+1 314 480 1711 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.huschblackwell.com/professionals/ernesto-segura