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J. Thomas Trent Jr.

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2003.
Roundabout Plaza, Suite 700, 1600 Division Street Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 244-2582
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Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP


Years In Practice


Phone Number (615) 244-2582

Tom Trent has experience in all areas of real estate transactions, including industrial development and economic incentives, leasing, corporate, joint venture, partnership and limited liability company law, and tax-exempt finance. Tom represents clients regionally and nationally, including major manufacturing companies, corporate users of commercial real estate, institutional investors, developers and lenders, and a number of foreign corporations.

With more than 30 years of experience in real estate and economic development law, Tom has handled complex commercial and real estate transactions across the country, including real estate acquisitions, workouts, equity participations, the structuring and financing of subordinated and unsubordinated ground leases, industrial development financing, tax increment financing, and payment in lieu of tax agreement transactions.

Mr. Trent is a current member of the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee. He is a recent graduate of the Transit Citizen Leadership Academy of the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership of Lipscomb University, and recently completed his second term on the Regional Transportation Authority. He was a member of the 2020 Green Jobs Task Force, and was the chair of the Nashville Area Partnership 2010 Policy and Incentives Taskforce that addressed the use of economic incentives 
to attract and retain business. He is a member and officer of the Adventure Science Center Board.

Mr. Trent has been a speaker or panelist at many commercial real estate, finance, healthcare and economic development seminars and programs, including the Tennessee Governor’s Conference on Economic Development (numerous years), Tennessee Economic Development Council, Tennessee Municipal Attorney’s Association, Life Mortgage and Real Estate Officers Council, School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University’s Healthcare Design & Construction Workshop, the International Council of Shopping Centers (TN/KY Idea Exchange), BOMA Medical Office Building Conference (Toronto), TAGLaw (Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Property; Dublin, Ireland), the Nashville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Hildebrandt Institute (loan document assembly programs), NAIOP, and a number of other organizations.

He is a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, a member of the Real Estate Sections of the Nashville, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations; the National Association of Bond Lawyers; the Tennessee Economic Development Council; and the American Health Lawyers Association.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships)
Corporate Law
Economic Development Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Certiorari
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for J. Thomas Trent Jr.
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Economic Development Law, Nashville (2020)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Nashville (2018)
Economic Development Law, Nashville (2016)
Real Estate Law, Nashville (2010)
  • Listed in Nashville Post, "2011 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) 50,” 2011
  • Listed in Nashville Business Journal
  • Listed in Lawdragon 3000, "Leading Lawyers in America," 2009-2010
  • Listed in Super Lawyers, “Top 50 Nashville Super Lawyers,” Real Estate, 2013
  • Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Real Estate, 2006-2013
  • Listed in Chambers USA, Real Estate, 2003-2013
Education
Vanderbilt University, J.D.
Graduated 1979
Wabash College, A.B.
Graduated 1976
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (615) 244-2582
Roundabout Plaza, Suite 700, 1600 Division Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
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