Overview
Rick Sollner joined the firm in 1974. He formerly served as leader of the firm's Real Estate and Lending Transactions Practice Group. His practice includes asset-based lending, interest rate swaps and hedges, public finance including charitable organization tax-exempt financing, real estate lending - workouts and restructuring, construction, interim and permanent, and real property transactions and investments.
Representative Matters
- Represented numerous national and state banks in connection with development and construction loans for shopping centers, hotels, apartment and condominium projects, industrial and office parks and residential subdivisions throughout Florida.
- Represented many life and other insurance companies in connection with permanent loans secured by mortgages on all types of commercial and multifamily residential properties.
- Represented borrowers and lenders as local Florida counsel in numerous large multi-state loan transactions.
- Represented Section 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in connection with the issuance by public bodies of tax-exempt revenue bonds to finance activities of the charitable organizations.
- Represented borrowers and lenders in connection with numerous asset-secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities.
- Represented developers and investors in the acquisition and development of apartment and condominium projects, shopping centers, hotels and residential subdivisions.
- Represented the owner and a charitable foundation in connection with the conversion of a building listed in the National Register of Historic Places to a condominium to create salable condominium office units and a unit for the historical facade which could be donated to the charitable foundation that operates theater in the building.
Honors and Distinctions
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America (Real Estate Law), 2005-2020
- Chambers USA Ranked, Real Estate, 2014-2018
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2007-2019 (10+ year recognition)
- Florida Trend Legal Elite, 2010, 2011
Professional Involvement
- American Bar Association
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
- Business Law Section
- The Florida Bar
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
- Business Law Section
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, 1985-present
- Tampa Committee of 100, 1985-present
News
- Forty-Six Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
- Forty-Nine Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2019
- Forty Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
- Forty Seven Trenam Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2018
- Trenam Law Receives High Marks by Prestigious Chambers and Partners For 2018
- Thirty Four Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018
- Forty-Five Trenam Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2017
- Forty Two Trenam Lawyers Named to the 2016 Florida Super Lawyers and 2016 Florida Rising Stars Lists
- Trenam Attorneys Rank Among Statewide Leaders in Chambers USA 2016 Directory
- Thirty-Two Trenam Attorneys Listed in 2016 Best Lawyers in America Including Two as Lawyer of the Year
Thought Leadership
Rick has authored chapters for CLE seminar manuals and been a speaker at CLE seminars on real property issues.