Richard Riggs

About Richard Riggs

I am a senior real estate and commercial transactions attorney with McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma\'s largest law firm. I regularly represent clients in real estate purchases and sales, real estate leasing and financing transactions, and secured transactions in personal property. Those transactions have included real estate developments facilitated through federal, state and local government incentives, including tax increment financing. In addition to participating in project finance transactions, I regularly represent borrowers in connection with syndicated credit facilities.I also represent clients involved in the emerging field of renewable energy and chair the firm’s Renewable & Sustainable Energy Industry Group. My experience includes representing developers, lenders and investors in wind energy projects as well as landowners negotiating wind energy lease and easement agreements.

Experience

1. Attorney and Shareholder

   McAfee & Taft

   Jun 1974 — Present

   Experience includes:Representation of clients in a broad range of real estate transactions throughout the United States, including purchases and sales, exchanges, ground leasing, project financing, and industrial, office and retail leasing.Representation of borrowers, including borrowers in the retail, healthcare and energy sectors, in secured and unsecured syndicated credit arrangements.Representation of parties to equipment and other personal property leasing and financing transactions.Representation of nonprofit entities in real estate transactions.Representation of developers in transactions utilizing tax increment financing (TIF) and other federal, state and local government incentives.Representation of professional sports franchise in negotiating agreements related to use of public arena facilities.Representation of major industrial companies with Oklahoma facilities in transactions utilizing Oklahoma’s Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act.Representation of developers with respect to Oklahoma wind energy projects, including preparation and negotiation of wind energy leases.Representation of lenders, purchasers and tax equity investors with respect to Oklahoma wind energy projects, including analysis of all real estate, environmental, and permitting matters, as well as Oklahoma production tax credit and other tax matters.

Education

• University of Michigan Law School

  Juris Doctor, cum laude

  1971 — 1974

• University of Oklahoma

  Bachelor of Arts, with distinction

  1968 — 1971

Skills

• Legal Research
• Renewable Energy
• Project Finance
• Contract Negotiation
• Real Estate Transactions
• Corporate Law
• Legal Advice
• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Joint Ventures