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Kate Taylor

Bradenton,FL

Summary

Shrewd yet sensible real estate attorney with 8+ years of experience counseling clients in connection with real property acquisitions. Conscientious team-player dedicated to building trusting rapport with clients by fostering a collaborative approach to real estate contract negotiations and leveraging strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to help navigate an increasingly competitive and fast-paced land market.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Real Estate Specialist

Ecoplexus Inc.
07.2021 - Current
  • Manage real estate title review and curative work for 30+ solar energy projects throughout US
  • Draft, review and negotiate all solar options to lease/purchase, ground leases, easements, and other ancillary real estate acquisition documents in coordination with development, finance and engineering teams
  • Organize, strategize, and lead title curative efforts including reviewing ALTA surveys and preparing, coordinating, and tracking execution of title curative documents and agreements to ensure projects are financeable and insurable
  • Primary in-house legal contact for advice regarding acquisition and management of project site control
  • Continuously pursue optimization of company real estate document templates and related legal review and approval policies and procedures

Associate

SRQ Property Law
06.2017 - 07.2021
  • Skillfully and independently coordinated and executed firm's residential and commercial purchase and sale transactions from contract through post-closing
  • Expertly prepared and reviewed related purchase contracts, closing and title cure documents, leases and seller-financing documents

Associate General Counsel

Florida Shores Title
01.2017 - 06.2017
  • Supplied expert legal counsel to title company employees regarding matters of insurability and risk
  • Led efforts to improve internal processes by alleviating staffing inefficiencies, revamping disorderly company files, and implementing fresh internal audit and trust account reconciliation procedures

Associate

Fergeson Skipper
02.2016 - 11.2016
  • Drafted, negotiated and reviewed residential real estate sales contracts and leases
  • Assisted with title commitment review, curative and issuance of title insurance policies and independently administered closings

Assistant City Attorney

Office of the City Attorney
10.2011 - 01.2016
  • Served as primary legal counsel to various and diverse city departments, e.g., planning and zoning, parks and recreation, real estate, and brownfields permitting
  • Reviewed, negotiated and drafted departmental agreements with non-profit organizations and other third parties and composed and presented polished resolutions and ordinances for City Council approval

Education

J.D. -

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Skills

  • Real Estate Law
  • Legal Drafting
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Title Review and Curative
  • Strong Communication
  • Time Management
  • Collaboration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Risk Assessment

Certification

Florida

Timeline

Senior Real Estate Specialist

Ecoplexus Inc.
07.2021 - Current

Associate

SRQ Property Law
06.2017 - 07.2021

Associate General Counsel

Florida Shores Title
01.2017 - 06.2017

Associate

Fergeson Skipper
02.2016 - 11.2016

Assistant City Attorney

Office of the City Attorney
10.2011 - 01.2016

J.D. -

University of Florida

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