RALEIGH -- Cathy M. Rudisill, a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Raleigh office, has been selected for a Champion Award in the Professional Commercial Real Estate Service category by the Triangle Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (Triangle CREW). The Champion Awards honor winners in 15 categories representing the top leadership of the Triangle's commercial real estate industry.

Ms. Rudisill practices in the areas of commercial real estate and commercial lending. Ms. Rudisill assists lender clients with loans secured by real estate, and other forms of collateral, and also with workouts, loan modifications and foreclosures.  She assists developers in preparing and negotiating real estate acquisition agreements; office, warehouse, and retail leases; joint venture and development agreements; and restrictive covenants and other land use agreements. She has worked with developer clients on complex build-to-suit leasing arrangements, including leases with specialized uses such as laboratory space. Ms. Rudisill has also assisted developer clients with matters before local governmental entities such as the Raleigh City Council and the Board of Adjustment. Ms. Rudisill and other Firm attorneys assisted the City of Raleigh with the new downtown Convention Center and its development.

Active in the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Rudisill served on its Executive Committee and as General Counsel from 2002-03. She was chairwoman of the Local Government Committee from 2001-02, and a member of its Board of Directors. She continues her involvement as a member of the Chamber’s Board of Advisors. Ms. Rudisill served on the Board of Directors of the Triangle Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties from 2001 to 2007 and was President of the Chapter for 2006. A published author of numerous law-related articles, Ms. Rudisill has been named to Business Leader’s Impact 100. She has been named to Triangle Business Journal’s Top Women in Business. In 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2007 she received the Triangle Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women’s Member Networking Award. Ms. Rudisill has been named to the list of “Super Lawyers” by Thomson Reuter.

Triangle CREW was formed in 1996 to provide a forum for meeting and building relationships in the Triangle market through member networking, committee work and mentoring. Triangle CREW became a chapter of CREW Network in 1997, which has 74 chapters across North America with a membership exceeding 8,000 members.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 430 attorneys and government relations professionals with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Nashville, Tallahassee, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and throughout the Carolinas. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call 803.255.9794.

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