Maggie Sandwith
Partner
Overview
Maggie Sandwith is a real estate attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Ms. Sandwith focuses on a variety of complex commercial real estate transactions, including dispositions and acquisitions, construction and development, and leasing.
Ms. Sandwith has extensive experience representing landlords and tenants, nationally and locally, in drafting and negotiating complex leases and related agreements (including subordination agreements, amendments, licenses, modifications, terminations, and releases and waivers) for retail centers, malls, office buildings, medical office buildings and healthcare facilities.
In addition, Ms. Sandwith represents owners and developers in the acquisition, financing, development and disposition of real property, including drafting and negotiating purchase and sale contracts and related documentation, performing title review and related due diligence, assisting with permitting and land use issues, and preparing documents for closing.
Ms. Sandwith also assists publicly traded and privately held companies in the healthcare industry in transactional matters involving the acquisition and disposition of real estate assets and arrangements involving the lease of medical office buildings and healthcare facilities.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Sandwith served as in-house legal counsel at a privately held commercial real estate company and gained significant experience in long-term ownership, management and leasing of shopping centers, office buildings and apartments throughout the United States.
Representative Experience
- Represented a large mixed‑use development client in connection with the development of a professional soccer training facility in the Nashville area
- Represented a large restaurant franchise operator in the multistate sale of dozens of quick‑service restaurant locations, including related real estate dispositions and lease transfers
- Represented a developer in the acquisition and development of build‑to‑suit locations for national restaurant chains
- Represented a developer in the acquisition and development of build‑to‑suit locations for national retail tenants
- Represented the franchisee of a fast-casual quick-service restaurant in the acquisition of dozens of new locations
- Represented a dental services organization in the acquisition of more than 50 existing dental office locations
- Represented a national healthcare company in connection with acquisition and leasing of medical office space and healthcare facilities
- Represented a full-service real estate company in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing and management of office, retail and industrial properties
- Represented a national commercial real estate management company in the acquisition and development of industrial spaces
- Represented a boutique hotel in the sale and disposition of assets
- Represented a Fortune 500 retail company in growing its national leasing portfolio
- Represented a global, active lifestyle brand in connection with building its national leasing portfolio
- Represented a privately held commercial real estate company in the leasing and management of more than 70 shopping centers across the Southeast and Mid‑Atlantic regions
- Represented a dental services organization in drafting and negotiating lease forms and related documentation for de novo locations throughout the Southeast region
- Represented a medical service organization in the managing and growing of its multistate leasing portfolio
- Represented an established landowner and developer in leasing new retail and office spaces in Middle Tennessee
- Represented a healthcare provider in leasing and management of locations across the country
- Represented a franchise operator in the negotiation and execution of long‑term, multistate ground leases and related diligence for the development of multiple drive‑thru coffee retail locations
- Represented a food and beverage franchisee in connection with ground leasing and developing new locations
- Represented a landowner in the negotiation of a ground lease for a national hotel chain
- Represented a dental services organization in the acquisition of multiple existing locations and leasing de novo locations
- Represented a management services organization in the acquisition of multiple existing locations and leasing de novo locations
- Represented a healthcare provider in the acquisition of multiple hospital locations
- Represented a healthcare provider is the disposition of a practice group
- Represented a behavioral health provider in the disposition of several practice locations
- Represented a healthcare provider in the leasing and management of hospital locations throughout the country
Credentials
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, J.D.
- Duke University, B.A., Psychology
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- CREW Nashville, 2023-Present
- Urban Land Institute, 2023-Present
- International Council of Shopping Centers, 2023-Present
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Tennessee-Alabama Chapter, Board Member, 2025-Present
- Musical Bridges Music Therapy, Board Member and Vice President, 2025-Present
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Nashville Real Estate Law Ones to Watch, 2023-2026
- Influencers in Retail Real Estate, GlobeSt., 2026
- Rising Star, Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine, 2021-2023