Meade Whitaker Jr.

Retired Partner
Meade handles real estate transactions throughout the Southeast and has worked on corporate acquisitions, sales, mergers, reorganizations, financings, restructurings and exit financings. He has closed transactions involving the purchase and sale of all types of commercial projects, representing buyers, sellers, developers, lessors and lenders.
Representative Experience
  • General Experience
    • Acquisition and related financing of retail shopping center located in Colorado
      Represented managing member of acquirer and non-recourse guarantors/sponsors in connection with acquisition of a retail shopping center located in Colorado and the related financing

      $600 million syndicated, secured revolving credit facility to Vulcan Materials Company
      Represented Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) and certain of its subsidiaries as Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee local counsel in a $600 million syndicated ABL credit facility with SunTrust Bank as agent for the lender group.

      Acquisition and financing of manufacturing facilities
      Represented two major Canadian manufacturing entities in the acquisition and financing of manufacturing facilities in Alabama.

      Acquisition of manufacturing sites
      Handled the acquisition of manufacturing sites in Alabama for several new automotive industry clients.

      Counsel to POSCO AAPC LLC
      Counsel to POSCO America Corporation and POSCO AAPC, LLC in connection with its location of a $19 million steel coil slitting facility in Jefferson County, Alabama. Negotiated with the County and the industrial development authority to acquire real estate and grant incentives.

      Reorganization and exit financing
      Handled the real estate reorganization and exit financing for a major manufacturing company.

      Sale of Multi-State Real Estate Holdings
      Handled the sale of multiple real estate properties out of bankruptcy for a major client with significant multi-state real estate holdings.