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Melanie R. Clark

Partner

Melanie Clark is a real estate transactional attorney, routinely advising clients on all aspects of large-scale real estate projects, including acquisition and disposition of land, leasing, financing, and project development. She is a partner in the firm鈥檚 Corporate and Real Estate Practices and is based in the Salt Lake City office.

Melanie assists large and small real estate developers in acquiring and developing new projects, managing and leasing existing projects, and reconfiguring obsolete projects. She has worked with developers on a wide variety of real estate endeavors, including data centers, industrial sites, rail and transload terminals, condominium hotels, mixed use subdivisions, and fractional ownership clubs. Her experience includes providing legal counsel from initial land acquisition, financing, and entitlements to construction completion and operation or sale.

Representative Experience*

  • Represented buyer in acquisition of multiple apartment complexes with 300+ units.
  • Represented buyer in negotiating, documenting, and closing on purchase of portfolio with properties located in ten jurisdictions, including performing related due diligence review of properties.
  • Represented seller in negotiating and documenting portfolio sale of twelve restaurant properties.
  • Represented seller of inactive mining property, including transfer of permits and reclamation obligations.
  • Represented buyer in acquiring and obtaining entitlements for 300 acre property to be developed as a data center.
  • Real estate counsel for lender for $100M+ financing of greenhouse properties in California, Kentucky, and Texas.
  • Real estate counsel for lender in financing 150MW/600MWh battery storage project in Idaho.
  • Real estate counsel lender in financing portfolio of 88 solar, fuel cell, and battery storage projects across 21 states.
  • Real estate counsel for buyer acquiring portfolio of 30 solar projects with a capacity of 89 MWdc across 7 states.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 93.5 MWdc development stage solar project located in Kentucky.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 240 MWac utility scale solar project in Texas.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 100 MWac battery storage project in California.
  • Real estate counsel for tax equity investor in 400 MWac development stage portfolio of solar projects in Ohio and California.
  • Represented buyer in acquiring and obtaining entitlements for raw land in Arizona, Ohio, North Carolina, and Utah for development of rail and transload facilities.
  • Represented clients in drafting and negotiating leases for office, retail, and industrial premises.
  • Represented developers in development of commercial and residential condominium and subdivision projects, including preparing covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, and HOA documentation.
  • Represented multiple developers of fractional interest projects, including preparing project and sales documents and registering projects with state real estate departments.
  • Researched regulatory structure, requirements and penalties in all 50 states for timeshares, exchange companies and short-term vacation products.
  • Drafted and negotiated easement and encroachment agreements for residential and commercial properties.
  • Obtained zoning approvals for large retailer.

*Certain of these matters were handled prior to joining 麻豆传媒.

Awards and Recognition

  • Selected by Utah Business Magazine as Legal Elite (2024-2025)
  • Recognized by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America庐Real Estate Law聽(2024-2026)
  • Selected as one of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business鈥 (Utah) by (currently: Real Estate), 2020鈥2026
  • Listed among Rising Stars (Real estate), Mountain States 庐, 2014鈥2015, 2017鈥2019
  • Included in Utah Business Legal Elite, 2020
  • S. J. Quinney College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Drafting, Spring 2019鈥損resent

Affiliations

  • Real Property Section CLE Committee, Utah State Bar, 2014鈥2015

Presentations and Publications

  • Co-presenter, 鈥淪tructuring Your Deal Now to Plan for the Exit 15 Years Later,鈥 24th Annual Utah Housing Matters Conference (September 2020)
  • 鈥淭itle Insurance Dissection – Real World Examples,鈥 NBI Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah (May 2019)
  • 鈥淪potting and Fixing Complicated Title Commitment Issues,鈥 NBI Webinar (January 2019)
  • Co-author, 鈥淣ew Utah Law Prohibits Unequal Treatment for Rental Units by Homeowners Associations鈥, Ballard Spahr LLP Real Estate Law Blog (May 2015)
  • 鈥淔orm Based Zoning,鈥 Utah State Bar Annual Convention, Snowmass, Colorado (July 2013)
June 4, 2026 Press Releases

麻豆传媒 Achieves Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026

麻豆传媒 is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business.
November 11, 2025 Deals and Wins

麻豆传媒 Represents KeyBank as Sole Lender in $75M Lightshift Energy Project Finance Facility

麻豆传媒 served as legal advisor to KeyBanc Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Cleveland based KeyCorp, for the $75 million credit facility to support Lightshift Energy鈥檚 expanding fleet of battery projects.
June 20, 2025 Honors and Awards

Six 麻豆传媒 Attorneys Named to Utah Business' 2025 Legal Elite

麻豆传媒 partners Jeff Bowman, Monica Call, Melanie Clark, Wes Harward, Whit Johnson, and David Jordan are recognized by Utah Business as among the 2025 Legal Elite.
June 5, 2025 Press Releases

麻豆传媒 Secures Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2025

麻豆传媒 is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business.
June 21, 2024 Honors and Awards

Five 麻豆传媒 Attorneys Named to Utah Business鈥 2024 Legal Elite

麻豆传媒 partners Monica Call, Jared Braithwaite, Melanie Clark, David Mortensen, and Ellen Ostrow are named to Utah Business鈥
June 6, 2024 Press Releases

麻豆传媒 Achieves Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2024

麻豆传媒 is pleased to announce that it is again recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business.