Jeff Upshaw

• Representation of real estate firms in the acquisition, development, and disposition of commercial and industrial properties, mixed-use developments, and retail shopping centers across the United States.
• Counsel to a variety of clients in the formation and negotiation of real estate joint ventures.
• Representation of a variety of high net-worth tenants and landlords in the leasing of office buildings, banking centers, and retail shopping centers.
• Counsel to a private real estate firm specializing in land development and conservation easements.
• Represented a Fortune 100 company in the management of a commercial homeowners association.

Jeff Upshaw is a senior associate in Alston & Bird's Real Estate Finance & Investment Group. He focuses his practice on the financing, acquisition, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate. He has experience representing large institutional investors, developers of retail, office and industrial properties, and publicly traded real estate investment trusts. 

Jeff received his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2013. While in law school, he served as a member of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. Before law school, Jeff served as the director of fundraising for an Atlanta area nonprofit that serves low-income senior citizens. He earned a B.S.Ed. in sports management from the University of Georgia in 2008.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• University of Tennessee (J.D., 2013)
• University of Georgia (B.S.Ed., 2008)

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