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Richard J. Fildes

Partner

Practice Areas

• Commercial Leasing
• Construction Law
• Corporate and Securities
• Franchising And Licensing
• Hotel and Resort Development
• Real Estate Transactions, Development and Finance
• Sports and Entertainment Law

Specialty Practices/ Industries

Hotel and Resort Acquisitions, Sales and Operations; Hospitality Law; Hotel Franchise Law

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1977 with honors
• Duke University, B.A., 1974 magna cum laude

Admitted

• The Florida Bar - 1977

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
• Listed in Marquis Who's Who in Finance & Industry
• Nominated "Man of the Year 2004" by the Governing Board of Editors of the American Biographical Institute
• "Who's Who" in the World National Register's Who's Who
• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
• "Florida Legal Elite" Florida Trend Magazine
• "Florida's Top Lawyers" Florida Monthly Magazine
• Orlando's Best Lawyers 2006-2008 Orlando Magazine
• Named in the 2005-2006 edition of Who's Who in American Law
• Lifetime Member of Madison's Who's Who
• Listed in Continental's Who's Who
• "Top Lawyer" Florida Monthly Magazine
• Listed in the Best Lawyers in America 2007-2008
• Listed in Legal 500 US
• Nominated as 2008 Man of the Year from American Biographical Institute

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
The Florida Bar
American Land Title Association
Lake Nona Country Club and Golf Commitee

Community Activities

Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, Director and Trustee
Leadership Central Florida, Alumnus
Duke University Alumni Association of Central Florida
Florida Citrus Sports, Director, General Counsel, and past President

Publications and Lectures

Co-authored "Chapter 5 - Recording, Notice and Priority" for Florida Real Property Sales Transactions Florida Bar Journal

Representative Client Experience

• Lead attorney for purchaser of $50 million acquisition of Florida Hotel
• Lead attorney for purchase of $135 million of Texas hotel
• $4.5 billion merger/sale of assets by CNL Hotels & Resorts to Morgan Stanley and Ashford Hospitality Trust
• $365 million sale of thirty-three hotels from CNL Hotels & Resorts to Whitehall Group
• MSR Hotels & Resorts
• Tishman Hotel Corporation
• Inland American Lodging Corporation
• Eola Capital Partners