Robin L. Nolan
Overview
Robin L. Nolan’s practice focuses on the representation of individuals and businesses in their commercial real estate and business needs, as well as representing religious organizations to help them in carrying out their missions. She dedicates herself to understanding her clients’ needs and then planning, designing, and implementing strategies to address those needs. Her clients rely on her legal knowledge and analytic skills in all aspects of their commercial real estate and business needs so they can achieve their desired goals, as well as advising clients in the non-profit sector to carry out their religious and charitable missions.
Robin assists her commercial real estate clients with negotiating and drafting documents for real estate projects from the ground up, including purchase and sale contracts, easements, title review, restrictive covenants, declarations and maintenance agreements, leases, financing documents, and construction contracts. Robin represents multi-family housing operators; shopping center, office, warehouse, multi-family, and single-family housing developers; purchasers and sellers of real estate; borrowers; and commercial landlords and tenants. Her representation includes development, acquisitions, dispositions, corporate transactions, leasing, and financing.
Robin assists religious and non-profit organizations effectively to carry out their religious and charitable purposes. Robin provides advice and assistance to her clients in real estate, contract negotiations, organizational issues, and board policies and governance practices.
Robin works with her business clients on the various legal needs of business entities that arise on a daily basis. She provides counsel to businesses concerning formation, structuring, governance, contracting, acquisitions, sales, and secured transactions.
Credentials
Education
- University of Denver (J.D.)
- Colorado State University (B.A.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Represented master developer in the mixed-use development and creation of downtown corridor.
- Represented builders in negotiation of contracts, obtaining entitlements, review of title work, and closing on purchase.
- Represented developers in creation of homeowners associations and related documentation.
- Represented commercial owners in development of shopping centers.
- Represented developers in negotiation of borrower financing documentation.
- Represented commercial landlords and tenants in large-scale and small-scale leases.
- Represented a developer in the large-scale development of shopping center along the I-25 corridor with respect to the drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale documents to potential buyers, leasing to national tenants, and declarations and covenants for the shopping center.
Clerk Experience
- Chief Judge Larry J. Naves, Denver District Court, 1995-1996
- Colorado Bar Association
- Co-Chair of the Legislative Policy Committee
- Real Estate Section, Former Executive Council Member
- Former Legislative Policy Officer
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Former Director of Membership and Member of Board of Directors
- Downtown Denver Leadership Program, Former Participant
- Colorado State University, Rams Juris Doctor Steering Committee, Member
- Project 1.27, Former Board Member
- Colorado Community Church, Former Board Member
- Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2024
- CREW Denver, Step-Up Award, 2020 and 2022
- Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2010-2013
- Law Week Colorado, Top Women Lawyers, Finalist
- Denver Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- Minoru Yasui Inn of Court
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
- “Common Issues with Retail Leasing in Mixed-Use Developments: Hot Topics,” Spencer Fane Webinar, March 2025
- “Corporate Transparency Act and Other Financial Crime Regulations – Where Are We Now,” 42nd Annual Real Estate Symposium, Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section, July 2024
- “Corporate Transparency Act,” Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Fall Update, October 2023
- “Financial Crimes Involving Real Estate Transactions and Federal Regulations,” 41st Annual Real Estate Symposium, Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section, July 2023
- “Pandemic Brings Unpredictability for Commercial Property Assessments,” Law Week Colorado, April 2021
- “The Impacts of the Upcoming Beneficial Owner Disclosure Requirement on Real Estate Owners,” March 2021
- “Be Prepared to Handle Tenant Requests for Less Space,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 2020
- “What to Consider When Your Tenant Wants a Lease Modification,” GlobeSt, July 2020
- “Navigating Commercial Leases and Real Estate Loans during COVID-19,” Colorado Lawyer, June 2020
- “Important Changes for the New 2016 ALTA Commitment Form,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, September 2017
- “Extinguishing Right of Way by Adverse Possession: Court OKs,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, December 2009
- “Affordable Housing in Colorado,” 38th Annual Real Estate Symposium, Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section, July 2020
- “Commercial Deal Troubles – Strategies to Identify and Work Through Issues with Your Commercial Matters,” CREW Denver, June 2020
- “How to Select and Get on the Right Board for You,” CREW Denver, June 2020
- “Force Majeure and Impossibility of Performance,” Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Fall Update, November 2020
- “Non-Competes and Nondisclosure Agreements”
- “Landlord or Tenant Files Bankruptcy”
- “Commercial Lease Provisions and Issues”
- “Screening Protective Clients – Effectively and Legally”