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Taylor D. Ward

Partner

Practice Areas

• Asset-based Lending and Securitization
• Commercial Leasing
• Franchising And Licensing
• Real Estate Transactions, Development and Finance
• Restaurant Services

Education

• Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1988
• Duke University School of Law, LL.M., 1988
• Tohoku University Faculty of Law, Sendai, Japan,1988-1989
• Duke University, A.B., 1985 magna cum laude
• International Christian University, Japan, 1982-1983

Admitted

• The Florida Bar - 1990
• Washington, D.C. Bar - 1991
• North Carolina Bar - 1994 inactive
• New York Bar - 1989

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
• Tohoku University Faculty of Law, Sendai, Japan,1988-1989 Fulbright Scholar

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
The Florida Bar

Community Activities

Orangewood Presbyterian Church, Usher/Set Up Coordinator
Duke University Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
Boy Scouts of America,Troop 687, Scout Master
Foundation of Winter Park Tech, Inc., President, Board of Directors
Asia Society of Central Florida, Vice President
Leadership Winter Park, Co-Chair, Youth Leaders and Law and Government Day

Publications and Lectures

"Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Florida"
"Commercial Loan Documentation" Lorman Seminar

Representative Client Experience

• Taylor has been practicing law for more than 15 years and currently practices primarily in commercial real estate-related transactions, representing both lenders and borrowers, as well as lessors and lessees in acquisitions, dispositions, refinancing, leasing, debt restructuring and workouts.
• For the last eight years Taylor has concentrated on multistate franchise restaurant transactions. He regularly acts as lead counsel in multistate closings, including triple net lease sale leasebacks, equipment loans and leases, and asset-backed financing.
• In Florida, Taylor assists out-of-state clients as their Florida counsel in connection with acquisition, lease and loan document review, due diligence review (title survey, environmental, etc.) and providing legal opinions relating to Florida law issues.
• In addition, he regularly lectures on various legal topics, including franchise law and loan documentation, at the University of Central Florida.

Languages: Japanese