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Margaret Lewis Meister

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2007.
500 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 1000 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
(505) 848-1800
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Firm: Modrall Sperling
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Modrall Sperling


Years In Practice


Phone Number (505) 848-1800

Meg Meister has served clients for over twenty-five years in the areas of real estate, business, commercial transactions and lending. She guides businesses through siting and re-locating facilities, completes sales and tax free exchanges, represents buyers and sellers in stock and asset transactions, assists with liquor license transfers, and negotiates and drafts leases and other real estate and business documents. Meg advises companies doing business on Indian lands and negotiates and structures business transactions involving Indian tribes and Indian lands. Meg represents lenders and borrowers in a variety of lending transactions.

Meg’s transaction work often focuses on energy, both traditional and renewable. She represents renewable energy developers and works with oil and gas operators and producers and pipeline companies.

Entity selection and formation, governance issues, and mergers and acquisitions are also components of Meg’s business practice. Additionally, Meg performs duties as general counsel to non-profit and for-profit entities, providing counsel and perspective on an array of issues.

Chambers USA has recognized Meg with a top ranking in Real Estate law. Chambers noted,  “'[Meg] has an impressive reputation throughout the state among both clients and peers. Clients are quick to praise her fantastic ability as a communicator and her amazing depth of knowledge,’ and that [she] is lauded by market commentators as ‘the state expert on real estate.'” She is among those listed by Best Lawyers in America® in Corporate Law and Real Estate Law and was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in Albuquerque in 2020 for Real Estate Law. Meg has been selected as one of the Top 25 New Mexico Super Lawyers five times. She has achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s AV® Preeminent rating and named a “Woman of Influence” and “Best of the Bar” in 2009 by New Mexico Business Weekly.

Meg also finds time to assist in community endeavors. She is a Past Chair of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, a board member for United Way of Central New Mexico, and a Past President of Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico.

Meg serves as the Chair of the Corporate/Banking/Real Estate Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Renewable Energy Service Group and has served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, running, skiing, and being a part of her book group.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Real Estate Law
Residential Development
Tax Certiorari
Uniform Commercial Code
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Margaret Lewis Meister
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Real Estate Law, Albuquerque (2020)
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Fellow
  • Anglo-American Real Property Institute, Fellow
  • Best Lawyers in America®, in Corporate Law and Real Estate Law, 2007-present
  • Chambers USA Directories of America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Real Estate Law, 2005-present
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Pre-eminent® Peer Review Rated
  • New Mexico Business Weekly, Best of the Bar, 2009
  • New Mexico Business Weekly, Woman of Influence, 2009
  • Best Lawyers in America® 2020 Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Albuquerque
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® (derived from a lawyer survey) 2007-present; The Top 25 New Mexico Super Lawyers, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
Education
University of Texas - Austin, J.D.
Graduated 1990
Trinity University, BA
Graduated 1987
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (505) 848-1800
500 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 1000
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
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