William Culton, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Barrington, RI, US

Rhode Island

• Trusted legal and business advisor to Founder, C-Suite, and senior company leadership.
• Focused on the identification, development and implementation of business strategies, ventures and transactions that drive growth and value creation, while acting as company’s chief legal officer
• Lead and collaborate with outside counsel in developing and executing upon over 25 innovative and complex public-private partnerships (P3) with the US military, municipal governments, colleges and universities
• Manage all legal elements of the company’s corporate and project finance including $4 billion of project financings, corporate financing, and $350 million of joint venture private equity investments
• Negotiate and provide strategic legal and business advice on a wide variety of corporate and project transactional, subcontractor and vendor agreements for projects encompassing over 25,000 military housing units.
• Provide strategic and tactical legal advice across a wide range of functional areas including finance, human resources, real estate development, construction, project operations, asset and property management.

Waltham, Massachusetts

Warwick, Rhode Island

• Construction; Real Estate Development; Property Management (Residential and Commercial; Corporate Governance; Corporate and Multifamily Project Finance (Conventional, Affordable and Military Housing, including Section.
• Acted as General Counsel for early stage growth of newly established military housing business line
• Drafted and negotiated a wide variety of corporate and project transactional, subcontractor and vendor agreements for the development and management of 13,000 military housing units
• Provide strategic and tactical legal advice across a wide range of functional areas including finance, human resources, real estate development, construction, project operations, property management, insurance/risk.
• Partnered with CFO to lead all financing, insurance, and surety initiatives for diverse real estate portfolio including conventional multifamily, affordable housing (LIHTC and Sec. 8), single family home subdivisions.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Commercial Real Estate (Industrial/Warehouse, Office) Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Finance, Development and Property Management; Corporate Governance; Limited Partnerships and Joint Ventures; Insurance and Risk.
• Led all legal efforts relating to the acquisition, development, leasing, and management of portfolio
• Collaborated with outside counsel on all financing and private equity JV investment matters
• Negotiated commercial real estate leases for office building, industrial facilities and warehouses
• Negotiated purchase and sale agreements, conducted acquisition due diligence including title and survey review and engagement of environmental consultants

Boston, Massachusetts

• Commercial Real Estate (Shopping Centers, Malls, Office) Acquisitions, Due Diligence (Survey, Title, Environmental), Development and Property Management; Heavy Commercial Lease Drafting and Negotiation
• Drafted and negotiated commercial real estate leases and all related agreements for shopping centers, enclosed malls, office buildings
• Conducted acquisition due diligence including title and survey review, reciprocal easement agreements, and engagement of environmental consultants
• Lead engagement of environmental consult to conduct Phase 1 ESA’s for entire portfolio
• Trained and managed one junior attorney and one paralegal

Kingston, Pennsylvania

• Commercial Real Estate (Shopping Centers and Malls) Leasing and Property Management; Heavy Commercial Lease Drafting and Negotiation; Insurance Claim Management and Negotiation
• Negotiated commercial real estate leases and all related agreements for shopping centers, enclosed malls, office buildings
• Conducted acquisition due diligence including title and survey review, reciprocal easement agreements, and engagement of environmental consultants
• Engaged and collaborated with outside local counsel regarding collection and eviction matters, represented company at depositions

Warwick, Rhode Island

• Managed all aspects of portfolio of shopping centers and office buildings including tenant relations, subcontractor and vendor engagement and management, capital repairs and replacements, budgeting and financial.
• Drafted and negotiated commercial real estate leases and all related agreements for shopping centers and office buildings
• Conducted acquisition due diligence including title and survey review, reciprocal easement agreements, and engagement of environmental consultants
• Advised management regarding dispute involving an alleged breach of a tenant’s exclusive use/non-compete rights

Providence, Rhode Island

Jd, Law, Top Grade In Class, Labor Law

Bs, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Sigma Iota Epsilon - Management Honor Society; Tau Kappa Epsilon - Social Fraternity; Student Judicial Board

Education record