Rich Pugh

Rich is an Associate in Maynard Cooper’s Real Estate Practice Group. He represents Fortune 500 companies, other public and privately-held companies, commercial banks, and investors in all types of real estate matters in markets throughout the United States. Rich’s national practice has a particular emphasis on leasing, in which he represents both landlords and tenants across all asset classes, including retail, medical, office, and industrial properties. Rich has also been a lecturer in the area of commercial real estate, and he recently served as a speaker at the National Business Institute’s Ultimate Guide to Commercial Real Estate Law.

Rich graduated magna cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College, where he was a three-year captain of the men’s varsity tennis team and named as the Conference Rookie Player of the Year as a freshman and as the Conference Player of the Year as a senior. He also graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was an editor of, and published in, the Georgia Law Review.

"Rich was easily accessible and ready to dive into the matter of the moment.  No matter what the issue was, I could count on him to provide excellent legal advice and solid counsel. He was an invaluable part of the overall team, and I am honored to have worked with him." – Client Testimonial

• Represented Fortune 500 company in $60 million sale and partial leaseback of a 140,000 square foot office tower in Miami, Florida
• Represented publicly traded global logistics company in lease of 160,000 square feet of industrial space in Houston, Texas
• Representing multinational private equity company in various tenant dispute and workout matters involving a 344,000 square foot shopping center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Represented world’s largest security technology company in lease of approximately 30,000 square feet of flex space in Ontario, Canada
• Represented one of the country’s largest residential home builders-developers in various portfolio acquisitions in Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
• Represented publicly traded financial institution in lease and subsequent sublease of office space in San Francisco, California
• Represented major for-profit education company in lease of approximately 75 campuses nationwide
• Represented publicly traded dialysis service company in acquisition, disposition, and subsequent leaseback of three medical clinics located in Alabama, Maine, and West Virginia
• Represented myriad of publicly traded financial institutions in lease (including ground lease), sublease, disposition, and acquisition of real estate in Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and Nashville
• Represented large investment fund in lease of approximately 37,000 square feet of retail space in Richmond, Virginia to big-box retail tenant

Civic Affiliations

• Freshwater Land Trust, Junior Board, Executive Committee

Professional Affiliations

• International Council of Shopping Centers
• American Bar Association
• Alabama State Bar
• Birmingham Bar Association