Kelly M. Vazhappilly

Kelly Vazhappilly is special counsel in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental Practice Group in the firm’s Dallas office.

Areas of Practice

Kelly's practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions on a national and local basis, including negotiating purchase and sale, management, leasing and related agreements in the operation and disposition of a wide variety of asset classes. Her experience includes:

• representing commercial mortgage-backed securities trusts, special servicers, SBA lenders/servicers and financial institutions in receivership and REO transactions;
• representing clients in the acquisition and disposition of industrial, retail, office, multi-family, hotel, resort, condominium, c-store, mobile home portfolios, self-storage facilities and mixed-use properties;
• representing clients in single and portfolio dispositions for distressed assets transactions; and 
• representing landlords and tenants in leasing and licensing transactions involving office, research and development, retail and industrial properties.

Honors

"Ones to Watch," Best Lawyers, 2024

Articles

Cannabis Law Blog

• "Hemp Revisited: Beyond Medical Use, Texas Cautiously Legalizes Consumable and Non-Consumable Hemp Products," November 18, 2020

• "Easing the Pain: Relief for Texans in the Form of Low-THC Cannabis," June 24, 2020

Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental Law Blog Posts

• "Supreme Court Takes Back Takings: Knick v. Township of Scott," July 23, 2019

Memberships

Member, Dallas Bar Association

Member, Dallas Asian American Bar Association