Scott Willis Featured on The Deep Dirt Dive – A Real Estate Law Podcast Presented by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Fishman Haygood partner Scott Willis was a recent guest of The Deep Dirt Dive – A Real Estate Law Podcast for an episode on “Third Party Legal Opinions.” Presented by the Fellows of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), the podcast series features highly respected attorneys from across the country and North America discussing specialized areas of real estate and finance law—from recent developments and best practices to ethics, professionalism, and more. Learn more about the podcast here.

The episode examines the various components of real estate finance third party legal opinions. Scott discusses how third party legal opinions follow a customary style in dealing with the covered documents, assumptions, qualifications, the substantive opinions covered by the opinion, and opinion reliance issues. He also covers how customary practice and the various real estate reports influence how opinions are written. Click here to listen to the full episode.

Scott practices primarily in the areas of commercial transactions, negotiated acquisitions, banking and commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and financing. In addition to being an ACREL Fellow and having previously served on the organization’s Board of Governors, Scott is a member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA) and a past Chair of the Louisiana Banker’s Association’s Bank Counsel Committee. Read more about Scott here.