Craig Cartwright advises clients on a broad range of transactional real estate matters, including general real estate matters, secured lending, property development, commercial leasing, sales and acquisitions, entity formation, bankruptcy workouts and construction-related matters. More specifically, Craig has expertise in negotiating and drafting a multitude of real estate documentation, including easements, leases, deeds and purchase and sale documents, and he has participated in the formation of corporate entities, including bankruptcy-remote entities. Craig also has experience in numerous traditional and non-traditional mortgage financing transactions, sale-leaseback transactions, bankruptcy workouts and condemnation proceedings, including document drafting and negotiation, due diligence activities and closing activities in virtually every state in the country. In addition, he has experience in commercial and corporate law matters.
Representative Transactions
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- Counsel to real estate investment trusts with respect to acquisitions and divestitures of hundreds of properties across the United States, including drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, sale-leaseback agreements and related conveyance documentation, review of title and survey, leases and other due diligence activities, and the creation and negotiation of various curative instruments and agreements
- Counsel to lenders in numerous traditional and non-traditional mortgage and equipment financing transactions, sale-leaseback transactions, bankruptcy workouts and condemnation proceedings; services include document drafting and negotiating, due diligence activities and closing activities in nearly every state in the country; personally closed or assisted in closing hundreds of mortgage and equipment financing and sale-leaseback transactions collectively valued at over $1 billion
- Counsel to major, national quick-service restaurant chain with respect to the acquisition and development of dozens of properties in multiple states, including negotiating leases and purchase agreements, review of title and survey and other pertinent due diligence information, drafting and refining form documents and creating and negotiating a broad range of instruments and agreements, including easement agreements, license agreements, amendments and declarations/CC&Rs
- Counsel to real estate developers in numerous states including Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado with respect to the acquisition, development and divestiture of properties, including drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and related documentation, leases, license agreements and declarations/CC&Rs, and review of title and survey and other due diligence activities and closing activities
Education
- University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 1996)
- Layout Editor, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy
- KU School of Business, Graduate Teaching Assistant
- University of Kansas (B.S.B.A., 1993)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona
- Supreme Court of Kansas
- United States District Court, District of Arizona
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of Arizona
- State Bar of Kansas
- Maricopa County Bar Association
Other Professional Experience
- Lytle Cartwright & Smith, PLC, Member (2007-2011)
- Bennett Wheeler Lytle & Cartwright, PLC, Member (2004-2007)
- Kutak Rock LLP, Partner (2003-2004), Associate (1999-2003)
- Koch Industries, Inc., Legal Counsel (1996-1999)
