Keilani focuses her practice on public finance, public-private partnerships and complex real estate and infrastructure projects for state agencies, public authorities and nonprofit organizations. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a counselor to government entities and nonprofits, she provides legal and strategic advice across the life cycle of major capital projects, including acquisition and disposition of real property, procurement, construction, development and long-term operations and maintenance.
Keilani regularly advises clients on transportation, convention center, civic and mixed-use developments, with an emphasis on structuring and implementing public-private partnerships and other innovative delivery models. She counsels public sector sponsors and counterparties on state law issues involving project delivery, risk allocation, governance and compliance, and coordinates closely with technical, financial and other legal advisors to help clients advance complex projects on time and within budget.
Her work encompasses a broad range of real estate and infrastructure assets, including transportation corridors, convention and event facilities, public buildings, affordable and multifamily housing, and related renewable energy and sustainability initiatives. Keilani frequently leads legal due diligence and negotiates complex real estate and construction documents, such as purchase and sale agreements, strategic partnership agreements, ground and facilities leases, development agreements and loan documents.
Keilani has served as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, where she teaches “Doing Deals: Contract Drafting,” and is the former chair of the Government Attorneys Section of the State Bar of Georgia.