Lawyers / Professionals

 
Fred T. Isaf       
Partner
The Proscenium
1170 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-7649
T: 404.443.5712
F: 404.443.5766
fisaf@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Isaf has a business practice with a particular emphasis on representation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies engaged in development, acquisition, leasing, management and financing of multifamily, retail and office properties.

His practice includes assisting clients with creative tax planning for real estate transactions and counseling clients engaged in mergers and acquisitions. Over the years, he has represented clients acquiring banks, engineering firms, retailing companies, real estate operating companies, manufacturing concerns, technology ventures, and health care providers such as hospitals, nursing homes and pharmaceutical companies.

He has extensive experience representing issuers and selling agents in the placement of debt and equity securities using limited offering and private placement exemptions from registration under state and federal securities laws. He has helped clients obtaining venture and later stages of capital infusion.

He also represents broker dealers and investment advisers in regulatory and licensing compliance, and has acted as issuer's, underwriter's and bond counsel in affordable housing bond issuances and corporate placements. Over the course of more than 25 years as a lawyer, he has gained experience in a wide spectrum of issues. As a result, his clients value the business and legal counsel he brings to their team.


Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Named a Georgia "Super Lawyer," General Business Law, Law & Politics, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010

Publications
  • "Federal Securities Regulation of Real Estate Private Placements," Journal of Real Estate Development, 1986

Professional Affiliations
  • State Bar of Georgia

Civic Affiliations
  • Institute of Certified Financial Planners - Financial Products Standards Board, Panel Member 1987
    • Member, Real Estate Task Force, which published "Standards for Real Estate Investments" for use by certified financial planners effective January 1, 1987
  • Pinecrest Academy, Inc.
    • Board of Directors, 1996-2002
    • Chairman, Finance Committee, 1996-2002
  • Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta, Georgia
    • President, 1998-1999
    • Board of Governors, 1993-2000
  • Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Malta
 

EDUCATION

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, LL.M. Taxation, 1978

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, J.D., with Distinction, 1975

  • Order of the Coif
  • Order of Barristers

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, A.B., 1972

 
 

ADMITTED

Georgia 1975

U.S. Tax Court 1978

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Jacksonville, North Carolina