Susan Bird

Contact Information

Address:
999 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2300
Atlanta, GA 30309-3996

Phone: (919) 619-6578

Email: susanbird@eversheds-sutherland.com

Website: https://www.eversheds-sutherland.com/us

Georgia Bar Details

Bar Number: 200095

License Status: Active Member in Good Standing

Admission Date: 1995-07-07T00:00:00

Specialties & Capabilities

• Standard Residential Closings

Languages Spoken

English

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP offers a comprehensive suite of legal services, with a particular strength in real estate and planning. Their global team of real estate lawyers provides guidance through every stage of property and investment challenges, handling some of the world's most complex and well-known real estate deals. They offer forward-thinking, technology-enabled project management and a creative approach to challenges, combined with extensive knowledge of global property markets. The firm's diverse practice spans all real estate asset classes, supporting clients from developers to institutional investors, landlords, tenants, borrowers, and lenders. They assist through the complete project life cycle, from finance, structuring, and purchase, through development and asset management, to sale and realization of returns.

Beyond general real estate, Eversheds Sutherland excels in real estate tax, advising on all aspects of property-related taxation. Their dedicated Real Estate Tax team helps organizations shape new products like real estate investment trusts and identify appropriate structures such as property authorized funds. They provide a one-stop shop for real estate investments, covering everything from project inception to structuring advice and detailed guidance on transactions, including direct and indirect taxes, as well as asset-specific taxes.

The firm also boasts significant experience in residential development, assisting with projects ranging from single-family housebuilding to multi-family build-to-rent. Their lawyers possess deal-hardened experience in the residential housing sector, offering in-depth understanding of local market challenges. They support clients through the full life cycle of residential projects, including joint ventures, public procurement, utility interfaces, and innovative developments. This includes immediate and strategic land work, site acquisitions, financing, construction issues, and successful handover or disposition.

Furthermore, Eversheds Sutherland provides expert corporate real estate services, offering portfolio management advice, technology, and methodologies for corporate occupiers. They help deliver portfolio flexibility and enhance organizational productivity, managing corporate headquarters, offices, warehouses, data centers, manufacturing bases, or research facilities across multiple jurisdictions. With a global presence and a broad client base including Fortune 200 and FTSE 100 companies, they are equipped to support complex corporate real estate ambitions.