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Tim Cline

Tim Cline
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Tim Cline

Tim Cline

Partner


St. Louis
Tim Cline
  1. People

Tim Cline

Tim Cline

Partner


St. Louis

Tim Cline

Partner

St. Louis

T: +1 314 259 2238

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Tim Cline is a real estate lawyer with a nationwide practice that touches on nearly every asset class -- both the traditional and the alternative with a particular focus on multi-family residential, wind and solar farms, warehousing and logistics, data centers, medical office buildings and high value residential. Tim represents institutional real estate investors broadly (including private equity investors, real estate investment trusts, sovereign wealth investors, insurance companies and family offices), utilities, public and private enterprises and other clients with respect to the purchase, sale, leasing and financing of commercial real estate throughout the U.S. He is the U.S. Head of BCLP's Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure Team and a member of various other BCLP subsector groups, including REIT/Private Equity and Real Estate Finance.

Not only committed to the success of his clients, Tim is also invested in helping to foster a positive culture within BCLP and to advancing its junior and diverse attorneys and professionals. He is an active member of the global LGBTQ* Network and Lawyers Affinity Group, with fresh ideas for better internal engagement and community partnerships. In his home office of St. Louis, Tim served for several years on the Office Recruiting Committee and as the Co-Lead for the Associate Task Force before being promoted to Partner. He remains involved with BCLP's recruiting efforts (both summer and lateral recruiting). Tim formally and informally coaches and mentors U.S.-based real estate associates as one of the commercial real estate group’s “People Partners.”

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  • Missouri, 2013

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Washington University, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2013

The University of Alabama, B.S., summa cum laude, 2010

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