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Christopher J Dickson
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Chris Dickson advises financial institutions and private capital investors on commercial real estate finance transactions across a broad range of asset classes, including office, industrial and logistics, retail, luxury hotels and resorts, data centers, life science properties, green energy projects, self-storage, and multifamily housing.
His work covers mortgage and mezzanine loan origination on stabilized assets, bridge lending on transitional properties (including C-PACE financing), and ground-up construction finance. Chris also advises on co-lender, intercreditor, and recognition agreements, loan workouts and foreclosures, and the acquisition of performing and non-performing commercial real estate loan portfolios.
He represents clients across the full transaction lifecycle, from origination and structuring through to sale and servicing, bringing consistent depth to both straightforward financings and complex multi-party structures involving institutional lenders and private capital.
Since 2023, Chris has served as a Housing Champion through the Charlotte Triage Pro Bono Partnership, leading the firm's initiative to represent clients in landlord and tenant disputes. He also serves as a partner mentor for associates and summer associates at the firm.
Recognition
- Law360 – MVP, Real Estate (2025)
- Chambers USA – Real Estate Finance, North Carolina, Band 3 (2022 – 2026)
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Dealmakers in America (2026)
- Lawdragon – Leading Real Estate Lawyers (2024-2025)
- Law360 – Real Estate Rising Star (2022)
Representative experience
Advising a large real estate investment manager on the acquisition of a US$26m B-note secured by two multifamily complexes in Dallas, Texas.
Advising an alternative investment platform on the acquisition of a US$1.3bn medical office loan portfolio comprising 106 loans secured by more than 300 properties in 33 states.
Advising an investment manager on a US$165m fixed rate mortgage loan to a developer of renewable energy projects financing four solar facilities across multiple states.
Advising a private investor on the bidding and purchase of a US$225m distressed CMBS loan with a view toward future development of the related site.
Advising a syndicate of lenders on a US$4.0bn CMBS in connection with Blackstone's take-private of AIR Communities.
Advising the co-lenders on a US$1bn SASB securitized mortgage loan secured by 601 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan.
Advising the lender on a floating rate SASB securitized mortgage loan financing for a 10-asset West Coast retail portfolio owned by the Gerrity Group.
Advising the lender on a US$147m construction loan to finance the conversion of extended-stay hotels into multifamily apartment complexes across seven states.
Advising the lender on a US$1.55bn financing of a nine-property Great Wolf Lodge resort portfolio across the U.S.
Advising the lender on a US$330m loan for Driftwood Capital secured by a nine-hotel portfolio across CA, TX, VA, NY, and FL.
Advising the lender on a US$46m construction loan for a 350-unit apartment community in Ferndale, Washington, as part of a capital stack including mezzanine debt and C-PACE financing.
Advising the lender on a US$475m fixed rate loan secured by the Warner Brothers office headquarters in Burbank, California.
Advising the lender on the US$465m refinancing of two office towers at the Hub on Causeway, a mixed-use development in Boston.
Advising the lenders on a US$350m mortgage and mezzanine financing of 29 logistics/industrial properties owned by Agellan Commercial REIT Holdings across seven states.
Advising the lenders on a US$475m refinancing for two university-owned life sciences buildings in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, including historic tax credit financing.
Advising the lenders on a US$590m floating rate mortgage loan refinancing secured by the 809-room JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida.
Advising the lenders on the origination of a US$1.9bn mortgage loan secured by a 135-property logistics portfolio across 17 states.
Advising the lenders on the US$1.15bn refinancing of The Wharf, Washington D.C.'s premier mixed-use waterfront development; the largest single-asset securitization in the D.C. market at the time.
Advising the lenders on the US$340m refinancing of the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa in Honolulu.
Advising the lenders on the US$3bn SASB securitized refinancing of One Vanderbilt, New York City; the largest-ever fixed rate CMBS financing secured by a single asset at the time.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2009
- B.A., University of South Carolina, magna cum laude, 2006
Bar admissions and qualifications
- North Carolina