Alexandra Rason Coons

Partner

Atlanta, Georgia

With over 25 years’ experience in commercial real estate industry, Alexandra Rason Coons is a seasoned member of the Real Estate Group at Taylor Duma. Her practice includes the acquisition, disposition, financing, development and leasing of real estate assets, including retail, multi-family, office, industrial, and mixed-use developments. Ms. Coons represents both lenders and borrowers in connection with acquisition, construction and permanent loan financings and refinancings. She also represents developers of and investors in commercial properties of various sizes and institutional landlords in the negotiation of leases.  Ms. Coons has represented lenders in the workouts and foreclosures of distressed commercial properties during economic down-turns.
 
Prior to joining Taylor Duma, Ms. Coons gained extensive commercial real estate experience serving in various roles at several prestigious Atlanta based law firms, as well as well-established in-house legal departments.  Based on her years of experience, Ms. Coons strives to understand her clients’ business needs and their goals in a particular transaction, in order to provide practical counsel unique to each client.  Being proactive and responsive to her clients and providing strategic counsel from the outset of contract negotiations, during due diligence and throughout the closing process and beyond are keys to Ms. Coons’ success as a trusted advisor to her clients.

Affiliations

  • Board Member, Georgia Center for Nonprofits
  • Lifetime Member and Past Membership Chair and Board Member, Morningside Ansley Friends
  • Member, State Bar of Georgia
  • Membership Committee, Commercial Real Estate Women of Atlanta
  • Mentor, Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta

Education

  • Emory University School of Law, JD, 2004
  • University of Florida, BA, with Honors, 1996

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia

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