Nguyen, Tini

Tini Nguyen

Senior Counsel
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Tini Nguyen practices finance, real estate and banking law. Tini represents financial institutions, opportunity funds and real estate investors, developers and users in connection with structuring, documenting and negotiating the acquisition, disposition, development, leasing, financing and ownership of a wide range of improved and unimproved commercial real property. Tini has been primary outside counsel for numerous financial institutions across the United States for more than 20 years with vast experience in loan workouts and restructurings.

Tini Nguyen practices finance, real estate and banking law. Tini represents financial institutions, opportunity funds and real estate investors, developers and users in connection with structuring, documenting and negotiating the acquisition, disposition, development, leasing, financing and ownership of a wide range of improved and unimproved commercial real property. Tini has been primary outside counsel for numerous financial institutions across the United States for more than 20 years with vast experience in loan workouts and restructurings.

A certified public accountant, Tini has represented numerous money centers, real estate companies and financial institutions in secured commercial real estate lending activities as well as commercial lenders and private equity providers in mezzanine financing for real estate acquisitions and/or construction loans. She has experience in loan workouts and restructurings both from a lender's and borrower's perspective.

Tini's experience includes the representation of:

  • Opportunity funds, real estate investors, developers and users in structuring, documenting and negotiating the acquisition, disposition, development, leasing and ownership of a wide range of improved and unimproved real property
  • National banking associations in connection with their respective acquisition, development, construction and mezzanine financing and restructure/workout/foreclosure/collection activities in Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, Washington, Massachusetts, Nevada, Virginia and other states
  • Numerous money center and regional banks in secured commercial real estate lending activities
  • Commercial lenders and private equity providers in mezzanine financing for real estate acquisition and/or construction loans
  • National money center and regional financial institutions in work out and restructure matters with respect to real estate loans
  • National home builder in land acquisition and development activities
  • Both landlords and tenants with respect to office, retail and industrial leasing and subleasing
  • Project developer on various aspects of development, construction and financing of wind farm developments
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CREDENTIALS
Education
  • J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 1999

    SMU Computer Law Review and Technology Journal: Staff, 1997-1998, Business Editor, 1998-1999
    Phi Delta Phi

  • B.B.A., Accounting, Southern Methodist University, 1994

    Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in 1996

Bar Admissions
  • Texas, 1999
Professional Affiliations
    • Member, State Bar of Texas
    • Member, Asian Pacific Interest Section of the Texas Bar
    • Member, Austin Bar Association
    • Member, Commercial Real Estate Women
    • Member, Real Estate Council of Austin
    • Member, Austin Asian American Bar Association
    • Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Community Leadership
    • Ambassador Circle, Catholic Charities of Central Texas
Professional History
    • Senior Counsel, Locke Lord LLP
    • Associate, Locke Liddell & Sapp (1999-2004)
    • Law Clerk, Securities and Exchange Commission, Enforcement Division (Spring 1999)
    • Law Clerk, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (Summer 1998)
    • Tax Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP (Summer 1998)
    • Law Clerk, JCPenney (1997-1998)
    • Auditor, Ernst & Young LLP (1994-1996)
    • Licensed, Certified Public Accountant (1996)