PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY

Tom Gates is a deeply seasoned commercial real estate attorney, representing clients in the acquisition, leasing, financing and disposition of retail, office, industrial, and multi-family residential projects, including mixed-use and residential condominium developments.

 

Through his work as a development director at Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse in Baltimore, Maryland, completion of a Master of Science in Real Estate at The Johns Hopkins University, and 17 years representing commercial real estate developers and investors at Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. in Charlotte, North Carolina, he has demonstrated significant results for clients in all aspects of the real estate development process, and across a broad spectrum of market areas.

 

Tom is proficient in Spanish, and his international practice includes advising Dutch, Japanese and Bahamian clients on the real estate aspects of their business operations in the United States. He also advises U.S. clients on real estate acquisitions in several foreign countries. Together with members of Arias & Muñoz, a law firm with offices throughout Central America, he co-authored the Costa Rica chapter of "Real Estate Investment, Development & Law in Emerging Markets," published by PEI Media Ltd. (2010). 

 

As the principal RBH delegate to the Interlaw legal network for nearly a decade, including two terms as Chair of the North American Real Estate special business team, Tom built strong professional and personal relationships with lawyers at 79 law firms in 133 cities throughout the world.

602 E. Morehead St​

Charlotte, NC 28202

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Tel:  (704) 800-5585

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• Woodward/White, Inc., The Best Lawyers in America, real estate, 2012-17

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• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, real estate, 2008-16

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• Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

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• Counselors of Real Estate, National Chair’s Award, 2012

• Queens University, Board of Visitors, 2015-present

 

• Charlotte Bilingual Preschool, 2003-14

  • Chairman, 2006 and 2012-14

 

• Catawba Lands Conservancy, Board of Directors, 2004-10

  • Secretary, 2008-10

  • Executive Committee 2008-10

  • Lands Acquisition Committee, 2000-12 (Chairman, 2004-10)

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• Charlotte Preschool Partnership, Board of Directors, 2006-08

  • President, 2008

• Counselors of Real Estate, 2010-present

  • Carolinas Chapter Board of Directors, 2011-present (Chairman, 2015-present)

 

• Interlaw Delegate, 2008-2015

  • North American Real Estate Special Business Team, Co-chair, 2011-2016

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• Mecklenburg County Bar, Grievance Committee, 2011-14

 

• Leadership Charlotte, Class 27

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• North Carolina Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section,2000-present

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• Urban Land Institute, Associate Member, 1999-present

 

• Duke University, J.D., cum laude, 1998

  • Special Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1997-98

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• Johns Hopkins University, M.S. in Real Estate, 1996

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• Duke University, A.B., cum laude, 1992