Nicholas E. Wilkes Director (614) 462-5417 •     Download vCard Banking & Commercial Lending Mergers & Acquisitions Real Estate & Financing

Practice Focus

Assisting clients with the development, acquisition, sale, lease, finance and taxation of real estate; drafting and negotiating commercial loan documents; representing clients with tax credit financing for the development of low-income housing; providing legal counsel to borrowers and placement agents in bond financings; representing developers of commercial and residential condominium projects.

Career Highlights

Representation of institutional investors in the acquisition, sale and leasing of office and retail properties.

Representation of metropolitan housing authority in the development of low-income housing with federal mixed-finance funding.

Former title insurance agent and title examiner; previously served as the managing attorney of an Ohio title insurance agency.

Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities

• American Bar Association, member
• Columbus Bar Association, member
• Ohio State Bar Association, member
• Rotary Club of Columbus, member
• Upper Arlington Civic Association, member
• Graduate of Upper Arlington Leadership Program

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

Juris Doctorate (1995)
The Ohio State University College of Law

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
Minor in German (1992)
Honors Tutorial College of Ohio University
Summa cum laude