Richards Layton’s Sara Toner Elected as an ACREL Fellow
April 26, 2017
Firm News| Real Estate Services
WILMINGTON, Delaware (April 26, 2017) – Richards, Layton & Finger is pleased to announce that firm director Sara T. Toner has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), the premier, highly selective organization of the nation’s real estate attorneys. Membership in ACREL is by invitation only, based not only on a candidate’s outstanding legal ability, but also on his or her commitment to the improvement of real estate law and practice through teaching, writing, bar-related activities, the promotion of legislation, or other public service.
Ms. Toner focuses her practice on complex transactions involving the finance, acquisition, sale, lease, and development of commercial real estate properties. She represents major real estate developers, financial institutions, significant holders of commercial real estate, and institutional clients in all types of commercial real estate transactions, with a particular emphasis on closing sophisticated commercial real estate loans. Ms. Toner also regularly advises clients on an array of real estate matters, including joint venture formation and equity capitalization.
In addition to her membership in ACREL, Ms. Toner is a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA. She has also been chosen by Delaware Today as a “Top Lawyer” and by Delaware Law Weekly as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track.” Active in the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, Ms. Toner is vice chair of the section’s Commercial Real Estate Transactions Group and past chair of the Title Insurance and Surveys Committee.