Christa Crow

Ketchum

Christa is an experienced lawyer who draws on her extensive background in private practice and as in-house corporate counsel to provide full-spectrum representation to lenders and equity investors. In addition to advising clients on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, she has a particular focus on helping real-estate clients navigate complex federal and state tax incentives and tax credits, including low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) programs.

Christa has represented clients across the continuum of commercial real estate transactions, including investors, developers, landlords, and borrowers in the acquisition, finance, leasing, development, and disposition of large-scale shopping centers, mixed-use, retail, office, industrial, and multifamily development projects throughout the Sunbelt. She has broad experience advising on the structure of transactions; composing entity formation documents; drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and closing documents; assisting with due diligence, acquisition, entitlements, and zoning matters; as well as managing the closing process. She also has counseled landlords and tenants in negotiating leases for a broad range of commercial retail properties and has experience advising purchasers and sellers in 1031 exchanges and serving as a 1031 intermediary.

Before entering private practice, Christa served as corporate counsel for title insurance companies, where she oversaw title examination from research and underwriting to commitment and final policy issuance, conducted commercial and residential real estate closings, handled title insurance claims, and advised on corporate governance and business strategy. She also served as in-house counsel for a company recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Largest Private Companies, which specialized in the development of large-scale residential subdivisions. This firsthand industry experience enables her to help lenders and investors identify and mitigate property, environmental, financial, and other business risks; avoid excessive capital expenditures; and take advantage of federal and state tax programs that can help achieve her clients’ objectives.