DLA Piper LLP (US)

Real Estate; Life Sciences

Partner; Location Head of DLA Piper's Atlanta Real Estate Practice

Maxine Hicks focuses her practice on real estate development with a particular emphasis on large mixed-use, transit-oriented developments, including destinations for stadiums, entertainment, hospitality, club and resort projects. She represents clients on a wide range of matters related to real estate, transportation, construction, infrastructure development, redevelopment and public incentives.

Maxine also advises developers, owners and healthcare providers on real estate issues associated with medical office buildings, ambulatory surgery centers, long-term acute care hospitals and hospital campus projects.

Maxine has extensive experience in real property acquisition, development and leasing; planned communities; distressed assets; state and federal regulation of real property; mixed-use community governance; and public-private partnerships. She regularly counsels developers on legal issues related to builder programs; land sales regulation; condominium and homeowner associations; and stadium, hotel, spa, ski, marina and golf course developments. She also assists clients with site selection, incentive agreements, zoning compliance, contract negotiation, acquisition, construction, property management and lease negotiations.

Urban Land Institute, Community Development Council, Executive Committee for the Atlanta District Council; Central Atlanta Progress (CAP); National Land Council; Atlanta's Park over Ga400; Atlanta History Center; Buckhead Coalition; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers; Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants; Georgia State University Real Estate Honorary Board; National Association of Women Lawyers

J.D., Georgia State University College of Law; B.B.A., West Georgia College