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Timothy O. Trant II

Partner

T (757) 259.3823
F (757) 259.3838

totrant@kaufcan.com

Tim’s practice focuses on real estate, environmental, and business consulting. In every engagement, Tim seeks to establish a clear vision of his clients’ objectives and then uses his entrepreneurial experience, business acumen, and detailed knowledge of the law to help his clients develop creative, economical, and practical solutions to accomplish their objectives. As a highly effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, Tim is able to build consensus, implement solutions, and achieve results in the most challenging of situations. Additionally, Tim’s background in civil engineering offers an analytical approach and technical knowledge base that is unique in his field.

Tim’s clients range from large, multi-national corporations to family businesses to individuals.  His real estate practice includes: structuring acquisition entities, zoning/permitting, financing, construction, and leasing. Tim’s environmental practice includes: due diligence, liability assessment, permitting, representation before regulatory agencies, and Superfund site liability allocation. Tim’s business practice includes: formation of entities and joint ventures, contract development, regulatory compliance, acquisitions, dispositions, and general corporate governance.

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

  • Relationship management and primary representation of a joint venture in the zoning, development, financing, and $80 million+ sale of a 5000 acre mixed-used Planned Unit Development
  • Primary representation of multiple entities in a $25 million 1031 exchange to include reinvestment due diligence and consultation on projects ranging in type from raw land to commercial office buildings and ranging in geographic location from Florida to Boston
  • Multiple engagements for large multi-national corporations in assessing, negotiating, and allocating liability for Superfund sites across the country
  • Representation of a joint venture in its development of a 700 acre, neo-urban, mixed-use project including rezoning, environmental permitting, and property owner association planning
  • Representation of a national developer in the due diligence, environmental permitting, transportation permitting, community development authority approval, financing, and acquisition of 230 acres for the development of a regional lifestyle (retail) center
  • Representation of numerous closely held companies in connection with formation, restructuring, acquisition, sale, financing, and general governance
  • Representation of multiple groups in their rezoning, acquisition, financing, construction, and leasing of multiple commercial projects

Recognition and honors

  • Virginia Rising Stars; Law & Politics, 2010
  • Virginia's Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2009
  • Virginia Military Institute; Institute Scholar
  • Society of Cincinnati Medal
  • William & Mary; Chief Justice, Law School Honor Council
  • Environment Law and Policy Journal

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Williamsburg Bar Association
  • William & Mary Law School Council; Co-Chair
  • Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce; Government Affairs Committee
  • Williamsburg Community Builders Association; Executive Committee
  • Peninsula Home Builders Association
  • Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate
  • Williamsburg Chapter of the VMI Alumni Association
  • Victory Family YMCA; Board of Directors
  • Bruton Parish Church

Education

  • Virginia Military Institute; B.S., Civil Engineering, with distinction, 1998
  • College of William & Mary School of Law; J.D., 2002

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