Ashley Aten advises clients on diverse and complex real estate transactions, focusing on commercial real estate development, ownership, acquisitions, dispositions, financing and leasing. She counsels landowners, investors, developers, public companies, operators, equity partners, and retailers on matters involving retail, multifamily, office, and industrial properties, both in Texas and throughout the United States.

Ashley provides developers with practical and efficient strategies at every stage of the development process, from title and survey review and plat review through negotiations with local governments and utility companies, land-use agreements, and construction and consulting agreements.

Working with both landlords and tenants, Ashley counsels clients on structuring, preparing, and negotiating leases. She has wide-ranging experience with office ground leases, spaces leases, and subleases, as well as retail locations, shopping centers, and industrial properties.

In addition, she interacts with and assists developers, real estate industry professionals, and equity partners in structuring, negotiating, and forming limited liability companies, limited partnerships, joint ventures, and corporations with an interest in owning and investing in real estate assets.