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Andreas S. V. Wokutch
Partner
Louisville, KY
Partner
Louisville, KY
Andreas’ practice focuses on real estate and corporate transactions. On the real estate side, this work typically involves real estate acquisition, development, and disposition matters, as well as assisting with asset management activities, including leasing transactions of all kinds (including build-to-suit leases, ground leases, and office space/full building leases), large-scale commercial contracts (both for procurement and services), construction agreements, and financing. On the corporate side, Andreas assists with mergers and acquisitions and corporate formation/governance. While his practice involves a wide range of industries, Andreas frequently advises companies operating in the retail, energy, multi-family, industrial, healthcare, and alcohol sectors. Representative matters handled appear below.
Andreas began his career as an in-house attorney with a large, public utility company. Through that work, Andreas gained experience advising on energy development projects, large-scale contracts, financing transactions, and compliance with energy laws. Andreas also worked in the Los Angeles and Orange County offices of a full-service law firm, principally advising on residential and commercial developments and construction matters (both in the context of litigation and commercial operations).
Immediately prior to FBT, Andreas worked for several years with a law firm in Louisville providing outside general counsel services to a publicly-traded REIT. That work largely involved advising on complex commercial real estate transactions in the healthcare sector, commercial contracting for asset management (including individual building or portfolio-wide procurement, construction contracts, and service agreements of all types), and corporate transactions.
Through his varied work experience, Andreas has advised companies of all sizes, including numerous publicly-traded companies. He appreciates the different business drivers that each company has and aspires to adapt work-product and advice to match each client’s needs and preferences.
Prior to law school, Andreas worked in Washington, D.C. as a paralegal and as an honors intern for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Retail Matters
Serve as primary real estate counsel in Kentucky for large, regional grocery store company, assisting with grocery store anchored developments, including acquisitions, ground leases, and build-to-suit leases, along with advising on ancillary agreements, including development agreements, easements, and service provider contracts
Represent publicly-traded REIT with redevelopment of numerous outparcel or standalone commercial properties located across the U.S. through a triple-net ground lease structure
Assist owner of marina with ground lease transaction for operation of an outparcel restaurant
Multi-Family Matters
Represent national developer of multi-family and student-housing properties with acquisition and development of complicated, high-end developments in numerous states
Assist regional multi-family housing developer with negotiation of amendment to declaration of restrictive covenants as part of redevelopment of neighboring shopping mall into mixed-use, open air shopping center
Energy and Renewables Matters
Represent utility company with ongoing acquisitions and development of utility-scale solar generation projects
Represent solar developers with acquisition of land/site control rights through options to purchase or lease
Represent multi-national grocery store company with portfolio-wide project to evaluate real estate assets owned by company for deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations thereon
Represented client with acquisition of land and financing for construction of an EV battery recycling plant in Kentucky
Represent multi-national oil and gas company with EV station build-out through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which provides funding for such projects through the Federal Highway Administration as part of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Represented publicly-traded REIT with negotiation of portfolio-wide service contract in California for installation of large-scale battery storage facilities to support medical office buildings
Industrial
Represented multi-national steel company with due diligence review of real estate assets acquisition, as part of broader international asset acquisition by company
Represent national mining, aggregates, and concrete products producer with leasing, easement, and zoning matters in Kentucky
Assisted national waste management company with drafting and negotiation of a conservation easement as part of mitigation of wetlands impacts for site in Kentucky
Represented fertilizer company with real estate acquisition and development needs for expansion of production facilities
Healthcare, Senior Housing, and Family Services
Represented publicly-traded REIT owning and operating medical office buildings and senior housing facilities throughout the U.S., primarily assisting with asset management needs, including ground leases, office space and full-building leases (including review of tenant/medical provider buy-outs by private equity groups), easements, procurement and service contracts (building specific and portfolio-wide), declarations of restrictive covenants, reciprocal easement agreements, and construction agreements
Represented private equity senior-housing facilities owner with portfolio-wide electricity and gas supply contracts
Represent foster care and adoption services company with leasing of office space in numerous states
Represent non-profit community center in Louisville with acquisition of land for expansion of childcare facility to include pre-natal and post-natal services
Alcohol
Represent multi-national alcohol company with acquisition and development of real estate in Kentucky for expansion of operations
University of Colorado Law School, J.D., 2011
Certificate of graduate coursework completion in energy and environmental studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
Associate Editor, University of Colorado Law School Law Review
The College of William & Mary, B.A., 2006
Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, The College of William & Mary
All state courts of Kentucky and California, and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Kentucky Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
California Bar Association
International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
American Health Lawyers Association, Member
Louisville Central Community Center, Inc., Board Member
City of Hills and Dales, Mayor
Co-Author, “How Multifamily Property Owners Can Plan for the EV Future,” Law360, October 2024
Co-Author, “The Basics of Community Solar Projects and Their Application to Multifamily Projects,” Energy Law Advisor, Institute for Energy Law – The Center for American and International Law, April 2023: 12-16
Author, “The Role of Non-Utility Service Providers in Smart Grid Development: Should They Be Regulated, And If So, Who Should Regulate Them?,” 9 Colo. J. on Telecomm. and High Tech. Law 531, 2011.
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