Chad M. Wilgenbusch

Of Counsel

Memphis (East)
T: 901.577.8272
F: 901.577.0747

Chad Wilgenbusch focuses his practice on commercial real estate, secured lending and economic development.

Featured Experience

Represented a multifamily REIT in acquisition, disposition, and joint venture projects across the country.

Assisted a global athletic footwear company with the leasing and construction aspects of a 500,000 sq. ft. warehouse expansion.

Counseled a national real estate development firm with issues related to tax increment financing and the creation of a tourism development zone in connection with an $84 million hotel and tourism development.

Professional Biography

Mr. Wilgenbusch counsels clients in a wide array of matters including real estate sales and purchases, lending, leasing, state and local incentives, and general corporate matters.

Mr. Wilgenbusch works with clients from the preliminary site selection and incentive negotiation phase of a project through the ultimate lending and development/construction process.

Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mr. Wilgenbusch worked with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation where he was exposed to and gained experience working on various banking regulatory matters.

Real Estate and Economic Development
Represented a multifamily REIT in acquisition, disposition, and joint venture projects across the country.
Represented a rural industrial development board in the award of state and local economic development incentives as part of a $25 million project that included PILOT, Grant and New Market Tax Credit awards.
Assisted a global athletic footwear company with the leasing and construction aspects of a 500,000 sq. ft. warehouse expansion.
Counseled a national real estate development firm with issues related to tax increment financing and the creation of a tourism development zone in connection with an $84 million hotel and tourism development.
Represented a developer with all incentive and corporate aspects of a $83 million hotel development with New Market, State and Federal Tax Credit financing.
Assisted a global “big box” retailer as to incentive, jurisdictional, and real estate issues associated with a $45 million construction project.
Assisted a medical device manufacturer in the real estate and economic incentive portions of a $290 million sale and headquarters relocation.
Represented a global conveyor company in all aspects of economic development, leasing, and construction of a $15 million consolidated manufacturing facility in Arkansas.
Commercial Lending
Represented a Nashville-based bank on approximately $15 million in construction and term loans to finance self-storage facilities across the United States.
Advised a national bank on local issues related to a $33 million construction loan to renovate a downtown skyscraper.
Represented an industrial development board in a $3 million seller financed transaction to facilitate the construction of a solar-farm.
Counseled industrial development board on a $3.8 million loan secured by revenues generated through a tax increment finance award.
Represented a local bank in various commercial loans secured by agricultural assets.
Represented a Tennessee state bank on a $17 million term loan secured by payment-in-lieu-of-tax encumbered real estate.

Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Real Estate (2018)
Member – Binghampton Development Corporation
Member – American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations

Co-author – "How the Financial Crisis Has Impacted Commercial Litigation," the Lawyers Journal Club speaking series (January 2011)
Contributing Author – "Senior Life Settlements: A Cautionary Tale," Supervisory Insights (Winter 2010)

"Economic Development Incentive," Institute for Professional in Taxation (Summer 2016)
"Economic Development Incentives," CBRE Real Estate Meeting (Spring 2016)

Baker Donelson's Financial Services Transactions Group Adds Chad M. Wilgenbusch (June 27, 2022)
86 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 43 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 8, 2018)

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Education

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D., 2010, magna cum laude
University of Memphis, M.B.A., 2010
Auburn University, B.A., 2007, summa cum laude

Admissions

Tennessee, 2011

Featured Media

Baker Donelson's Financial Services Transactions Group Adds Chad M. Wilgenbusch

Press Release / June 27, 2022

86 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 43 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars

Press Release / November 8, 2018

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