Overview
Ed Lester has handled numerous types of commercial and real estate transactions, and regularly represents clients in connection with mortgage and asset-based loans, real estate and equipment sales, leases, acquisitions, loan workouts, settlement agreements, purchases, sales of stock and other equity interests, loan securitizations, synthetic leases, and timeshare receivables financing.
Ed is a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and is past chair of the Real Estate Financing Subcommittee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. He has taught secured transactions at Stetson University College of Law and participated in numerous programs relating to his practice areas. He also serves as a title agent for most of the title companies that write policies in the state of Florida. Ed speaks regularly on topics relating to finance and legal ethics.
Ed Lester is "a very strong lawyer," say sources. He brings to bear extensive transactional experience in acquisitions, leases and dispositions, as well as in matters of real estate finance, including asset- and mortgage-based loans, loan settlement agreements, and timeshare receivables financing.