Consuella SimmonsTaylor
Partner
Real Estate
cstaylor@seyfarth.com
More About Connie
Connie focuses on commercial real estate transactions of all asset types, representing primarily developers and owners. Clients rely on Connie for a wide variety of matters relating to office and retail leasing; acquisition, disposition, and financing; and development of real property.
Clients across numerous US metropolitan markets, including Houston, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, DC rely on her significant office leasing experience.
Clients across numerous US metropolitan markets, including Houston, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, DC rely on her significant office leasing experience.
- JD, Tulane University Law School
Magna cum laude
Order of the Coif - BA, University of Houston
English
Magna cum laude
- Texas
Related Key Industries
Financing
- Financing, refinancing, and loan assumptions regarding office buildings, regional shopping malls, and retail shopping centers in Houston, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Cincinnati, including several portfolio financings for development funds
Landlord Representations
- Various office leasing transactions involving up to 1 million square feet of office space in a single transaction
- Retail leasing and development of shopping centers in Houston's Baybrook area, including numerous leasing transactions with national retailers
Tenant Representations
- Lease of approximately 500,000 square feet of space for a major utility company
- Leases of square footage ranging from 10,000 to over 100,000 square feet of space for energy companies and other corporate clients
Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Represented buyers and sellers of office and retail assets in major metropolitan areas and suburban areas in all parts of the United States on a simple asset and a portfolio basis
- Recognized as one of the "500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers" by Lawdragon (2024-2025)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) as "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law (2023)
- Recognized in Chambers USA (2011-2025)
- Recognized as one of Houston Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business" (American City Business Journals) (2022)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) (2006-2018)
- Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters) (2018)
- Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star (Thomson Reuters) (2004-2006, 2008-2009)
- State Bar of Texas
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers
- Houston Bar Association, Real Estate Section
- ICSC US Law Conference Planning Committee, member
- CREW - Houston
- Texas Executive Women
More About Connie
Connie focuses on commercial real estate transactions of all asset types, representing primarily developers and owners. Clients rely on Connie for a wide variety of matters relating to office and retail leasing; acquisition, disposition, and financing; and development of real property.
Clients across numerous US metropolitan markets, including Houston, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, DC rely on her significant office leasing experience.
Clients across numerous US metropolitan markets, including Houston, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, DC rely on her significant office leasing experience.
- JD, Tulane University Law School
Magna cum laude
Order of the Coif - BA, University of Houston
English
Magna cum laude
- Texas
Related Key Industries
Financing
- Financing, refinancing, and loan assumptions regarding office buildings, regional shopping malls, and retail shopping centers in Houston, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Cincinnati, including several portfolio financings for development funds
Landlord Representations
- Various office leasing transactions involving up to 1 million square feet of office space in a single transaction
- Retail leasing and development of shopping centers in Houston's Baybrook area, including numerous leasing transactions with national retailers
Tenant Representations
- Lease of approximately 500,000 square feet of space for a major utility company
- Leases of square footage ranging from 10,000 to over 100,000 square feet of space for energy companies and other corporate clients
Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Represented buyers and sellers of office and retail assets in major metropolitan areas and suburban areas in all parts of the United States on a simple asset and a portfolio basis
- Recognized as one of the "500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers" by Lawdragon (2024-2025)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) as "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law (2023)
- Recognized in Chambers USA (2011-2025)
- Recognized as one of Houston Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business" (American City Business Journals) (2022)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) (2006-2018)
- Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters) (2018)
- Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star (Thomson Reuters) (2004-2006, 2008-2009)
- State Bar of Texas
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers
- Houston Bar Association, Real Estate Section
- ICSC US Law Conference Planning Committee, member
- CREW - Houston
- Texas Executive Women